The Blue Angel poster
Director Josef von Sternberg
Writer Josef von Sternberg, Robert Liebmann, Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmöller, Carl Winston

The Blue Angel

Drama1930

Original Title: Der blaue Engel

Tagline: You Too, Will Be Aroused By Her Intoxicating Beauty! "This Woman Makes a Man of Dignity a Slave to Love!"

Release Date: 1930-04-01

Duration: 108 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Marlene Dietrich
    Lola Lola
  • Emil Jannings
    Immanuel Rath
  • Rosa Valetti
    Guste
  • Friedrich Hollaender
    Pianist (uncredited)
  • Carl Ballhaus
    Pupil
  • Roland Varno
    Pupil
  • Wilhelm Diegelmann
    Captain
  • Hans Albers
    Mazeppa
  • Gerhard Bienert
    Policeman
  • Eduard von Winterstein
    School Headmaster