The Blue Angel

Name: The Blue Angel
Genre: Drama, Musical
Released: December 5, 1930
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 90
Cast: Emil Jannings, Hans Albers, Kurt Gerron, Marlene Dietrich, Rosa Valetti

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 5, 1930

Starring: Emil Jannings, Hans Albers, Kurt Gerron, Marlene Dietrich, Rosa Valetti

Summary: This re-release of the classic 1929 drama features Dietrich at her most seductive as the nightclub singer Lola-Lola who destroys repressed schoolteacher Jannings. [Kino International]

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Genre(s): Drama, Musical

Runtime: 124 min

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New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein

This film made Dietrich a star, and it's easy to see why: Slightly more voluptuous than in her later films, Dietrich is the embodiment of the pleasures of the flesh. Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (not credited)

The one and only; an unqualified masterpiece and milestone. Read full review

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David Sterritt

This great masterpiece of German film is evocative and inventive from its first shot to its last. Read full review

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A standout picture. Read full review

Don Druker

Reeks with decay and sexuality. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Lumbers a little on its way to a preordained conclusion, but is intriguing for its glimpses of backstage life in shabby German postwar vaudeville, and for Dietrich's performance, which seems to float above the action as if she's stepping fastidiously across gutters. Read full review

Jack Mathews

This is melodrama with broad theatrical flourishes, but Dietrich's sensuality is still a natural wonder, and with a new print, the Film Forum run offers a rare opportunity to see it big-screen-size. Read full review

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Jan 14, 2015

Great movie, he start a little slow but whe you don't expect he blows your mind. The main character become crazy while the movie goes on, you dont know what is happening and the end is great, one of best 3 acts ever. I recomend this movie for everione that likes of good animation or amazingGreat movie, he start a little slow but whe you don't expect he blows your mind. The main character become crazy while the movie goes on, you dont know what is happening and the end is great, one of best 3 acts ever. I recomend this movie for everione that likes of good animation or amazing plot twists, or if do you like about crazy characters. Watch this movie, you only need to resist the boring beggining to deserve the full movie .… Expand

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