The Blue Angel (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.
Director: Josef von Sternberg
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Emil Jannings as Immanuel Rath |
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Marlene Dietrich as Lola Lola |
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Kurt Gerron as Kiepert |
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Rosa Valetti as Guste |
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Hans Albers as Mazeppa |
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Reinhold Bernt as The Clown |
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Károly Huszár as The Blue Angel's Proprietor |
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Eduard von Winterstein as School Headmaster |
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Hans Roth as Bedel |
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Rolf Müller as Pupil |
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Roland Varno as Pupil |
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Carl Ballhaus as Pupil |
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Robert Klein-Lörk as Pupil |
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Wilhelm Diegelmann as Captain |
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Gerhard Bienert as Policeman |
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Ilse Fürstenberg as Maid |
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Friedrich Hollaender as Pianist (uncredited) |
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Wolfgang Staudte as Pupil (uncredited) |
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Edith Kiel as Prostitue (uncredited) |
| Directing | Josef von Sternberg | Director |
| Editing | Sam Winston | Editor |
| Editing | Walter Klee | Editor |
| Sound | Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Erich Pommer | Producer |
| Camera | Günther Rittau | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hans Schneeberger | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Oscar Schmidt | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Carl Winston | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tihamer Varady | Costume Design |
| Art | Otto Hunte | Art Direction |
| Sound | Fritz Thiery | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Waldemar Jabs | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Carl Zuckmayer | Writer |
| Writing | Karl Vollmöller | Writer |
| Writing | Josef von Sternberg | Writer |
| Writing | Heinrich Mann | Novel |
| Writing | Robert Liebmann | Writer |
| Camera | Hans Schneeberger | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Viktor Eisenbach | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Harry Froboess | Stunts |
| Production | Emil Hasler | Production Designer |