The Blue Angel
You Too, Will Be Aroused By Her Intoxicating Beauty! "This Woman Makes a Man of Dignity a Slave to Love!"
1930 | 108m | German
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Josef von Sternberg |
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| Writer: | Carl Winston, Carl Zuckmayer, Robert Liebmann, Josef von Sternberg, Heinrich Mann, Karl Vollmöller |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 01, 1930 |
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| Director: | Josef von Sternberg |
| Writer: | Carl Winston, Carl Zuckmayer, Robert Liebmann, Josef von Sternberg, Heinrich Mann, Karl Vollmöller |
| Genres: | Drama |
| 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 |
| Production Companies | UFA |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 04, 2025 Entered: May 04, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Emil Jannings | Immanuel Rath |
| Marlene Dietrich | Lola Lola |
| Kurt Gerron | Kiepert |
| Rosa Valetti | Guste |
| Hans Albers | Mazeppa |
| Reinhold Bernt | The Clown |
| Károly Huszár | The Blue Angel's Proprietor |
| Eduard von Winterstein | School Headmaster |
| Hans Roth | Bedel |
| Rolf Müller | Pupil |
| Roland Varno | Pupil |
| Carl Ballhaus | Pupil |
| Robert Klein-Lörk | Pupil |
| Wilhelm Diegelmann | Captain |
| Gerhard Bienert | Policeman |
| Ilse Fürstenberg | Maid |
| Friedrich Hollaender | Pianist (uncredited) |
| Wolfgang Staudte | Pupil (uncredited) |
| Edith Kiel | Prostitue (uncredited) |
| Die Weintraub Syncopators | Group Cast Performers (as The Weintraub Syncopators) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Walter Klee | Editor |
| Hans Schneeberger | Assistant Camera, Director of Photography |
| Carl Winston | Writer |
| Tihamer Varady | Costume Design |
| Oscar Schmidt | Makeup Artist |
| Fritz Thiery | Sound Designer |
| Carl Zuckmayer | Writer |
| Robert Liebmann | Writer |
| Viktor Eisenbach | Unit Manager |
| Harry Froboess | Stunts |
| Josef von Sternberg | Writer, Director |
| Günther Rittau | Director of Photography |
| Sam Winston | Editor |
| Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
| Otto Hunte | Art Direction |
| Waldemar Jabs | Makeup Artist |
| Franz Waxman | Orchestrator |
| Heinrich Mann | Novel |
| Karl Vollmöller | Writer |
| Emil Hasler | Production Designer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Erich Pommer | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actor | Marlene Dietrich | Won |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 9 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 6 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 17 | 33 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 5 | 958 | 958 |
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 wis ... hes 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!