The Blue Angel (1959)

Professor Immanuel Rath (Curt Jurgens)is a martinet botany professor at a German high school who finds post cards bearing the likeness of Lola-Lola (May Britt), "The Blue Angel", in the ... See full summary »

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Writers:

Nigel Balchin, Robert Liebmann,

Stars:

Curd Jürgens, May Britt, Theodore Bikel

Cast

Cast overview:
Curd Jürgens	...	Professor Immanuel Rath (as Curt Jurgens)
May Britt	...	Lola-Lola
Theodore Bikel	...	Klepert
John Banner	...	Principal Harter
Fabrizio Mioni	...	Rolf
Ludwig Stössel	...	Dr. Fritz Heine
Wolfe Barzell	...	Clown
Ina Anders	...	Gussie

Storyline

Professor Immanuel Rath (Curt Jurgens)is a martinet botany professor at a German high school who finds post cards bearing the likeness of Lola-Lola (May Britt), "The Blue Angel", in the possession of his pupils. He goes to the cafe where she is appearing to see if any of his pupils are there, and spots two of them. While chasing them, he encounters Lola-Lola and the troupe manager, Kiepert (Theodore Bikel.) He returns the next evening and becomes involved with Lola. His visit to the cafe, and the fact he spent the night with Lola, becomes common knowledge and he is forced to leave his school position. Despite the protests of his friends, he marries Lola, who is intrigued by the idea of being the wife of a professor. The intrigue doesn't last long, as Rath is unable to get work because of his wife. He becomes a broken character, reduced to performing odd jobs around the troupe and living off the earnings of his wife. When the troupe returns to his hometown, Kiepert brutally uses him in...

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Plot Keywords:

color in title | remake | foreign language adaptation | based on novel

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Taglines:

What God made beautiful... temptation made irresistible!

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 October 1959 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Blå ängeln

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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.

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Connections

Featured in Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Falling in Love Again"
Written by Friedrich Hollaender
Sung by May Britt

User Reviews

A Great Flick!

This movie, as noted above, sucks you in and sticks in your mind forever after having seen it. True, there is a love story in there somewhere, but there's also terrible cruelty. A great mix of tenderness and brutality.

A definite for any movie-watching night.