The Blue Angel (Der Blaue Engel)

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Plot: For director Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich it all began with The Blue Angel, one of the masterpieces of Germany's Weimar cinema. This landmark film thrust the sultry and unrestrained...( read more read more... ) Dietrich on an unsuspecting international film audience. She plays the prototypical role of Lola, the singer who tempts repressed professor Emil Jannings (the king of expressionist actors) into complete submission night after night at the Blue Angel nightclub. The film perfectly captures the masochism and degradation of the Weimar Republic, just before the rise of Adolf Hitler. And yet the moral confusion exhibited by Jannings is really due to his own torment. Dietrich is merely an instrument of his innermost desires, standing on stage in top hat, stockings, and bare thighs singing "Falling in Love Again." This is the original German version, newly remastered and subtitled. --Bill Desowitz

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  • ReeceyBabe
    ReeceyBabe
    3.5 Stars
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    October 10, 2008
    This is clearly a great and relaxing watch, i cannot judge what other people might think of this film but i did like this film and it was really a warm yet calming film to put your eyes onto.
  • lucasaq
    lucasaq
    4.0 Stars
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    September 2, 2008
    Heart wrenching tearjerker of man seduced and destroyed by dancing lover. Marlene Dietrich is stunning here in one of her earliest roles.
  • BigMacAttack
    BigMacAttack
    5.0 Stars
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    July 27, 2008
    What a great movie. Filmed twice in German and English versions. The German is better if you know German or you don't mind reading the sub-titles.
  • Atreides6
    Atreides6
    4.0 Stars
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    May 9, 2008
    Una muestra de lo bien que iba el cine alemán a principios de los 1930, éxito truncado después con el regimen dictatorial. La novela de Heinrich Mann titulada "Professor Unrat" (Profesor Basura" - Unrat es un juego de palabras, ya que Rat es Consejero / consejero de estudios, algo así como catedrático de bachillerato, > consejero despreciable = Un-Rat / Unrat = basura) se plasma muy bien en esta película, al igual cómo una persona puede pasar de ser una persona respetada a autohumillarse hasta su hundimiento definitivo en la miseria.
  • sweetkibibi
    sweetkibibi
    3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 29, 2007
    A proffesor named Emanuel Rath ( which is acctuely a symbolic name for Emanuel Kant) is very intelegent and respected man, but when he meets a show girl (Marlene Dietrich) his life turns upside down. Everything he ever had deesapears... It's a very symbolic movie that had left an important trace in cinematography. True movie lovers should really watch it!
  • etoilee
    etoilee
    5.0 Stars
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    July 19, 2007
    at first I thought it to be some kind of a romantic comedy (note: that's the genre I hate the most) cos the beggining really was quite boring. I thought, at least I see the culture of the era, that's always something interesting... buuuuuut the end was unbelievable, so thrilling!!!!! You know the feeling like you just can't stop staring at the screen, you hear your heart beat, you're shaking and wondering what the hell's gonna happen? Well, that was it!! It doesn't happen that often to me, though. I would never guess it from the beggining! It starts so sweetly, easily... and then comes the tragical end... so great!!!
  • doboy1
    doboy1
    4.0 Stars
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    June 24, 2007
    I was chanel surfing and this movie popped up and hit me broadside. Marlene is steamy, sultry, and would be 106 years old now.
  • webalina
    webalina
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 2, 2007
    The devastating effects of a man letting his heart override his brain. One of Marlene Dietrich's first films.
  • finitesanity
    finitesanity
    5.0 Stars
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    March 20, 2007
    Great movie! I recommend seeing the German version, with the English subtitles though. The acting shines through better. Marlene was some babe, though, let me tell you!
  • SRamsie
    SRamsie
    3.5 Stars
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    November 24, 2006
    Certainly good. An interesting tale of the frailty of love and/or lust (depending on your take on it) and the potential risks that can follow. I watched the German version and skimmed through the English version and naturally I favoured the former, but only because the English version lacked subtitles that would help during some moments when the German accents were thicker. And Marlene Dietrich still appears saucy despite being very minimalistic in her promiscuousness.

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