based on novel or book,professor,femme fatale,unrequited love,descent into madness,downfall,black and white,traveling circus,seductress,pre-code,cuckold,expressionism,cabaret performer,downward spiral,moral corruption,self-destructive behavior

The Blue Angel (1930)

Poster for The Blue Angel

You Too, Will Be Aroused By Her Intoxicating Beauty! "This Woman Makes a Man of Dignity a Slave to Love!"

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Josef von Sternberg
  • Profile picture of Emil Jannings
    Immanuel Rath Emil Jannings
  • Profile picture of Marlene Dietrich
    Lola Lola Marlene Dietrich
  • Profile picture of Kurt Gerron
    Kiepert Kurt Gerron
  • Profile picture of Rosa Valetti
    Guste Rosa Valetti
  • Profile picture of Hans Albers
    Mazeppa Hans Albers
  • Profile picture of Reinhold Bernt
    The Clown Reinhold Bernt
  • Profile picture of Károly Huszár
    The Blue Angel's Proprietor Károly Huszár
  • Profile picture of Eduard von Winterstein
    School Headmaster Eduard von Winterstein

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • professor
  • femme fatale
  • unrequited love
  • descent into madness
  • downfall
  • black and white
  • traveling circus
  • seductress
  • pre-code
  • cuckold
  • expressionism
  • cabaret performer
  • downward spiral
  • moral corruption
  • self-destructive behavior