The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

108 mins | Drama | April 1, 1930

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.

The Blue Angel

108 mins | Drama | April 1, 1930

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. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Der blaue Engel
Directors Josef von Sternberg
Writers Carl Winston, Robert Liebmann, Karl Vollmöller, Carl Zuckmayer, Heinrich Mann, Josef von Sternberg

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

Wilhelm Diegelmann

as Captain

Gerhard Bienert

as Policeman

Friedrich Hollaender

as Pianist (uncredited)

Wolfgang Staudte

as Pupil (uncredited)

Edith Kiel

as Prostitue (uncredited)