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Blue Angel, The  

(c) Deutsches Filminstitut
(Der Blaue Engel)
(c) Deutsches Filminstitut 


Director: Josef von Sternberg, b/w, 106 mins
Germany 1929

"The Blue Angel", a masterpiece of German Weimar cinema, launched Marlene Dietrich's international career as singer and sex symbol. The film classic draws a merciless portrait of a man whose consuming love for a cold and manipulative woman leads him to moral degradation.

Category Feature
Language German, Engl. subtitles
Director Director Josef von Sternberg
Screenplay Robert Liebmann, Karl Vollmoeller, Carl Zuckmayer
Cast Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron
Production Universum Film
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