The Blue Angel (1930) ( Der Blaue Engel )

The Blue Angel (1930) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Der Blaue Engel
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Music Video
Scene Access
Storyboards
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1930 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Josef von Sternberg

Written By:
Heinrich Mann
Carl Zuckmayer ...

Actors:
Emil Jannings ..... Prof. Immanuel Rath
Marlene Dietrich ..... Lola Lola
Kurt Gerron ..... Kiepert (the magician)
Rosa Valetti ..... Guste (the magician's wife)
Hans Albers ..... Mazeppa (the strongman)
Reinhold Bernt ..... The clown
Eduard von Winterstein ..... The director of school
Hans Roth ..... The caretaker of the secondary school
Rolf Müller ..... Pupil Angst
Roland Varno ..... Pupil Lohmann (as Rolant Varno)
Carl Balhaus ..... Pupil Ertzum (as Karl Balhaus)
Robert Klein-Lörk ..... Pupil Goldstaub
Charles Puffy ..... Innkeeper (as Karl Huszar-Puffy)
Wilhelm Diegelmann ..... Captain
Gerhard Bienert ..... Policeman

Synopsis:

Marlene Dietrich became an immediate international star on the strength of her performance as the temptress Lola Frohlich in Josef von Sternberg's classic tale of love and obsession. Professor Immanuel Rath (Emil Jannings) is a strict and humorless schoolmaster who is shocked when he discovers the boys in his class have been spending their time at a sleazy cabaret called The Blue Angel, where an entertainer named Lola (Dietrich) keeps the men in thrall and sells suggestive postcards of herself. Rath goes to the club in hopes of catching his students and giving them a severe dressing-down, but he instead finds himself entranced by the carefree atmosphere of the club, and is struck by Lola's earthy, sensual beauty. Rath finds himself strongly attracted to Lola, and she later entertains him in her dressing room. When word of Rath's infatuation with Lola spreads to his students, he is taunted mercilessly, and eventually Rath is dismissed from the school. While Lola agrees to marry Rath, she shows little affection for him and delights in humiliating him, making him her servant and forcing him to play a clown in her stage show. The Blue Angel was shot in both German and English language versions; the German is preferable, as most of the cast were obviously more expert in that tongue. Dietrich introduced her theme song, "Falling In Love Again", in this picture.

Immanuel Rath, an old bachelor, is a professor at the town's university. When he discovers that some of his pupils often go into a speakeasy, The Blue Angel, to visit a dancer, Lola Lola, he comes there to confront them. But he is attracted to Lola. The next night he comes again--and does not sleep at home. This causes trouble at work and his life takes a downward spiral.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 07 January, 2022.