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Bookmark this pageThe Blue Angel (1930)
Director: Josef von Sternberg
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From Time Out Film Guide
Lola, star at the sleaziest nightclub in screen history, meets, seduces and ultimately destroys the upright bourgeois schoolteacher, Professor Rath. A tragedy? A comedy? It's actually a surprisingly complex morality play: a celebration of Lola's sexuality (it was Dietrich's first major role) and an ironic observation of Rath's repression and masochism (Jannings never suffered more or better). The film looks and sounds its age, but remains enthralling. Sternberg shot English and German versions simultaneously.Author: TR
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Cast & crew
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Producer: Erich Pommer
Cast: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers, Eduard Von Winterstein full cast
Duration: 108 mins
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