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Der blaue Engel (1930)
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3 January 1931 (USA)
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Immanuel Rath, an old bachelor, is a professor at the town's university. When he discovers that some of his pupils often go into a speakeasy...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Emil Jannings | ... | Prof. Immanuel Rath | |
| Marlene Dietrich | ... | Lola Lola | |
| Kurt Gerron | ... | Kiepert (the magician) | |
| Rosa Valetti | ... | Guste (the magician's wife) | |
| Hans Albers | ... | Mazeppa (the strongman) | |
| Reinhold Bernt | ... | The clown | |
| Eduard von Winterstein | ... | The director of school (as Eduard V. Winterstein) | |
| Hans Roth | ... | The caretaker of the secondary school | |
| Rolf Müller | ... | Pupil Angst | |
| Roland Varno | ... | Pupil Lohmann (as Rolant Varno) | |
| Carl Balhaus | ... | Pupil Ertzum (as Karl Balhaus) | |
| Robert Klein-Lörk | ... | Pupil Goldstaub | |
| Charles Puffy | ... | Innkeeper (as Karl Huszar-Puffy) | |
| Wilhelm Diegelmann | ... | Captain | |
| Gerhard Bienert | ... | Policeman |
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124 min | USA:107 min (TCM print) | UK:106 min | 108 min (cut)
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1.20 : 1 more
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UK:PG (video rating) |
UK:U |
Finland:K-16 (1952) |
Finland:K-8 (1993) |
Norway:16 |
Germany:12 (re-rating) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:(Banned) (1930) |
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Marlene Dietrich (Lola Lola) was, contrary to common belief, not the "star" of the film. She was not even a known actress. She was one of several students at an acting academy who were auditioned by director Josef von Sternberg for the role. Each of the girls was told to bring with them "a naughty song" which they would perform. Dietrich was so nervous and so sure that she would not get the role that she showed up without a song.
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Referenced in The Savages (2007)
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Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen wünscht Papageno sich!
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First -and only- time I saw Der Blaue Engel, I was a boy of about 13-14 years old. Even though this was over 35 years ago, I still remember how this movie blew me away. I came out of the theater with a new understanding of the world and the human condition.
The story is in essence about love, and what it can make a person do. It is also about what people will do to each other, a theme this movie takes to it's extreme. The acting is supreme, the atmosphere breathtaking, the music score fabulous. Marlene sings one of the great songs in movie history; German cabaret pur sang.
This is a European film in the best sense of the word. It gives the spectator the feeling of being picked up and dropped somewhere in time and place, to witness a dramatic sequence of events in the lives of a small group of people. It starts out jolly enough, but pretty soon you feel that things are going to go terribly wrong. And sure enough, they do.
The young boy that was I, left this movie with a weird mixture of feelings. On the one hand the fear of ever being trapped in such a romantic cul-de-sac, and of losing all human dignity. On the other, a deep longing to experience those bitter emotions. Isn't this the greatest accolade for a tragedy: that it moves you to tears, but at the same time makes you want to experience the sad events that caused those tears?