The Blue Angel

(1930)Directed by Josef von Sternberg108 minDrama
You Too, Will Be Aroused By Her Intoxicating Beauty! "This Woman Makes a Man of Dignity a Slave to Love!"

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

Emil Janningsas Immanuel Rath
Marlene Dietrichas Lola Lola
Kurt Gerronas Kiepert
Rosa Valettias Guste
Hans Albersas Mazeppa
Reinhold Berntas The Clown
Károly Huszáras The Blue Angel's Proprietor
EVEduard von Wintersteinas School Headmaster
Hans Rothas Bedel
Rolf Mülleras Pupil
Roland Varnoas Pupil
Robert Klein-Lörkas Pupil
Gerhard Bienertas Policeman
Friedrich Hollaenderas Pianist (uncredited)
Wolfgang Staudteas Pupil (uncredited)
Edith Kielas Prostitue (uncredited)