The Blue Angel

"You Too, Will Be Aroused By Her Intoxicating Beauty! "This Woman Makes a Man of Dignity a Slave to Love!""

1930 1h 48m DE

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 383

Drama

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Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

“You Too, Will Be Aroused By Her Intoxicating Beauty! "This Woman Makes a Man of Dignity a Slave to Love!"”

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Cast

Emil Jannings
Immanuel Rath
Marlene Dietrich
Lola Lola
Kurt Gerron
Kiepert
Rosa Valetti
Guste
Hans Albers
Mazeppa
Reinhold Bernt
The Clown
Károly Huszár
The Blue Angel's Proprietor
Eduard von Winterstein
School Headmaster

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Josef von Sternberg
Writers: Carl Winston, Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmöller
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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96 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Josef von Sternberg, shot by Günther Rittau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Friedrich Hollaender. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Walter Klee shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich and Kurt Gerron carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You Too, Will Be Aroused By Her Intoxicating Beauty! "This Woman Makes a Man of Dignity a Slave to Love!"".

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IMDB entry: tt0020697 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Josef von Sternberg directs. Günther Rittau behind the camera. Friedrich Hollaender scores. Walter Klee cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

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196 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Josef von Sternberg, shot by Günther Rittau. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Friedrich Hollaender. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Walter Klee shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich and Kurt Gerron carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "You Too, Will Be Aroused By Her Intoxicating Beauty! "This Woman Makes a Man of Dignity a Slave to Love!"".
7IMDB entry: tt0020697 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 17 themes, including "based on novel or book", "sexual obsession", "professor", "femme fatale".

The technical file

Cinematography: Günther Rittau
Original score: Friedrich Hollaender
Editing: Walter Klee
Costume design: Tihamer Varady
Makeup / hair: Waldemar Jabs
Sound: Fritz Thiery
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Status: Released
Original language: DE
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Blue Angel (1930)

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CinemaSerf2022-06-06
★ 8/10
This really is a story of bitter-sweet love and Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich carry it off with consummate skill. He as a set-in-his-ways academic bent on ensuring his pupils are not corrupted by the distracting influences of "the Blue Angel" inn; she one of the principle bad influences who wishes exactly the opposite. Essentially this is a love story; but is the love ever reciprocated - could it have been; should it have been? The two stars lead us in a dance that pulls at the heart strings whilst the brain is shouting out completely different instructions. It is compelling, all the more so because it proves to be as much about human dignity as about anything else. Needless to say, when she sings, Dietrich is captivating - and I'm thankful it wasn't me she wanted to get her hooks into!

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