The Blue Angel (1930)

Directors:

Josef von Sternberg

Writers:

Actors:

Wolfgang Staudte, Friedrich Hollaender, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Gerhard Bienert, Ilse Fürstenberg, Robert Klein Lörk

Synopsis:

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.
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The Blue Angel (1930)

Marlene Dietrich! Need I say more? Seriously, her performance is brilliant, perfect and beautiful. The unglamorous reality of the street and of the stage is well presented here.
doudouce55
February 5, 2014