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The Blue Angel

Der blaue Engel

1930 · 108 min · Drama

A stern, respectable professor visits a seedy cabaret to catch his students and falls hopelessly under the spell of its alluring singer, a fixation that leads him to abandon everything. Josef von Sternberg's classic of desire and degradation, starring Marlene Dietrich.

Why it’s here

Josef von Sternberg’s UFA production is a canonical early German sound film and an enduring portrait of authority and humiliation.

Runtime
108 min
Genre
Drama
Mood
thoughtful · dark · uplifting
Entry
some context
Best for
film history

Content notes: war or political violence · sexual content Non-exhaustive

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Part of 10 Essential German Films

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