Fabulous Lola

For the 1954 film, see The Great Lola.

Fabulous Lola (German: Die tolle Lola) is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lilian Harvey, Harry Halm and Hans Junkermann.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil. It was made at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.

Fabulous Lola
Movie poster
Directed by	Richard Eichberg
Written by	Gustav Kadelburg (book) Arthur Rebner (libretto) Hans Sturm
Produced by	Richard Eichberg
Starring	Lilian Harvey Harry Halm Hans Junkermann
Cinematography	Heinrich Gärtner Bruno Mondi
Music by	Artur Guttmann Hugo Hirsch
Production companies	Richard Eichberg-Film UFA
Distributed by	Parufamet
Release date	28 October 1927
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The film is based on an operetta of the same name from 1919 by Hugo Hirsch [de] (1884–1961), which in turn was based on Gustav Kadelburg's 1906 play Der Weg zur Hölle (The Road to Hell).^[2][3] The operetta was filmed again in 1954.^[4]

Cast

• Lilian Harvey as dancer Tilly Schneider aka Lola Cornero
• Harry Halm as music hall director Bendler
• Hans Junkermann as music hall director Dornwald
• Julia Serda as Agathe Dornwald
• Gyula Szőreghy as Enrique de la Plata

References

1. Grange p. 268
2. Die tolle Lola, Kommunales Kino im alten Wiehrerbahnhof, Freiburg im Breisgau (in German)
3. Die tolle Lola, filmportal.de
4. Die tolle Lola (1954) at IMDb

Bibliography

• Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

• Die tolle Lola (1927) at IMDb