Discover
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Carl Winston
Writer -
Robert Liebmann
Writer -
Friedrich Hollaender
Original Music Composer -
Josef von Sternberg
Director -
Erich Pommer
Producer -
Günther Rittau
Director of Photography -
Heinrich Mann
Novel -
Harry Froboess
Stunts
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CinemaSerf 6/6/2022 7:26:05 PM
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!
Emil Jannings
Immanuel RathMarlene Dietrich
Lola LolaFriedrich Hollaender
Pianist (uncredited)Reinhold Bernt
The ClownHans Albers
MazeppaGerhard Bienert
PolicemanIlse Fürstenberg
MaidWolfgang Staudte
Pupil (uncredited)