Film
The Blue Angel (1930)
You Too, Will Be Aroused By Her Intoxicating Beauty! "This Woman Makes a Man of Dignity a Slave to Love!"
Drama· Directed by Josef von Sternberg· 108 min
Overview
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.
Connections
Top billing
- Emil Jannings as Immanuel Rath
- Marlene Dietrich as Lola Lola
- Kurt Gerron as Kiepert
- Rosa Valetti as Guste
- Hans Albers as Mazeppa