The Blue Angel

About The Blue Angel

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.

Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel is a 1930 drama film. The film is filed under pre-code, professor, femme fatale, and unrequited love.

Emil Jannings stars as Immanuel Rath, Marlene Dietrich as Lola Lola, Kurt Gerron as Kiepert, and Rosa Valetti as Guste. It runs 108 minutes and was released in April 1930.

The screenplay is by Carl Winston and Carl Zuckmayer. The film began as a novel. American members can watch it on Artiflix and Kino Film Collection.

The Servant, Metropolis, and M make useful companions to The Blue Angel, all filed under black and white, cuckold, and downfall. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 384 votes and it carries a NR rating.