Der blaue Engel (1930)

108 min · Destiny, Romantic Drama, drama film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Josef von Sternberg

Cast

Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers, Reinhold Bernt, Eduard von Winterstein, Hans Roth, Rolf Müller, Roland Varno, Carl Balhaus, Robert Klein Lörk, Charles Puffy, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Gerhard Bienert, Ilse Fürstenberg

The story

Immanuel Rath is a professor at the local Gymnasium (high school for students expected to proceed to university) in Weimar Germany. The boys disrespect and play pranks on him. Rath punishes several of his students for circulating photographs of the beautiful Lola Lola, the headliner at the local cabaret called The Blue Angel.

Catalogue themes and tags

Absurdity, Bells, Betrug, Biker Kneipe, Bärte, Clown, Crazy Love, Cylinder, Demimonde, Entlassung, Faithfulness, Fall From Grace, Freundin, Gymnasium, High School Komödie, Lecturer, Lied, Performance, Revuegirls, Schulmädchen, Schüler - Lehrer Konflikt, Sense of Guilt, Strapse, Studenten, Sängerin, Travelling Circus, Verführung, Wish to die, einsam, verlieben

Genres

Destiny, Romantic Drama, drama film

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