Movie Cosmos - The Blue Angel

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Emil Jannings

As Immanuel Rath

Marlene Dietrich

As Lola Lola

Kurt Gerron

As Kiepert

Rosa Valetti

As Guste

Hans Albers

As Mazeppa

Reinhold Bernt

As The Clown

Károly Huszár

As The Blue Angel's Proprietor

Eduard von Winterstein

As School Headmaster

Hans Roth

As Bedel

Rolf Müller

As Pupil

Roland Varno

As Pupil

Carl Ballhaus

As Pupil

Robert Klein-Lörk

As Pupil

Wilhelm Diegelmann

As Captain

Gerhard Bienert

As Policeman

Ilse Fürstenberg

As Maid

Friedrich Hollaender

As Pianist (uncredited)

Wolfgang Staudte

As Pupil (uncredited)

Edith Kiel

As Prostitue (uncredited)

Die Weintraub Syncopators

As Group Cast Performers (as The Weintraub Syncopators)

Top Crew >

Josef von Sternberg

Director, Writer

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Sam Winston

Editor

Hans Schneeberger

Director of Photography, Assistant Camera

Walter Klee

Editor

Günther Rittau

Director of Photography

Erich Pommer

Producer

Carl Winston

Writer

Fritz Thiery

Sound Designer

Oscar Schmidt

Makeup Artist

Tihamer Varady

Costume Design

Franz Waxman

Orchestrator

Otto Hunte

Art Direction

Waldemar Jabs

Makeup Artist

Heinrich Mann

Novel

Robert Liebmann

Writer

Karl Vollmöller

Writer

Carl Zuckmayer

Writer

Harry Froboess

Stunts

Viktor Eisenbach

Unit Manager

Emil Hasler

Production Designer

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (8/10)

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!

2022-06-06