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Director:
Writers:
Robert Liebmann (1930 screenplays)
Karl Vollmöller (1930 screenplays)
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Release Date:
11 October 1959 (Japan) more
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What God made beautiful... temptation made irresistible!
Plot:
Professor Immanuel Rath (Curt Jurgens)is a martinet botany professor at a German high school who finds... more | add synopsis
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A bitter story.... more (9 total)

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Runtime:
107 min
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

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Marilyn Monroe was offered Lola-Lola, but turned it down. In 1958, she posed as Marlene Dietrich as Lola-Lola for a Life Magazine pictorial shot by Richard Avedon. more
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Soundtrack:
Falling in Love Again more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
A bitter story...., 16 May 2007
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Author: MarieGabrielle from United States

of romance and rejection. Curd Jurgens as professor Immanuel Rath, a teacher of biology who has led a boring and predictable life as a schoolmaster. His life ceases to be boring when he meets Lola.

Lola (as portrayed by Anglic beauty May Britt) has led a harsh life- singing in clubs, flirting with available men. This matters little to Professor Rath who becomes obsessed with her. He eventually marries her and resigns from his teaching position. His friend attempts to help him, to no avail.

In some sense, "The Blue Angel" is more about obsession than love. How can he make her love him?. The professor seems in great pain (indeed it is painful to watch) especially in the final scenes as he performs as a clown.

Whatever happened to May Britt? She was quite good in this film as the callous, but brutally honest Lola-Lola. Overall this is a very good film. I may have to see the original to see how it compares. It is not a light romantic story, however. 8/10.

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