Der blaue engel = Blue angel.
1930
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Title
Der blaue engel = Blue angel.
Published
Kino Lorber Edu, 1930.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017.
Language
German
Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Duration
014012
Distributor No.
1293222 Kanopy
Summary
Emil Jannings (The Last Laugh, Faust, Othello), the quintessential German expressionist actor, stars as Professor Rath, the sexually-repressed instructor of a boys' prep school. After learning of the pupils' infatuation with French postcards depicting a local nightclub songstress, he decides to personally investigate the source of such indecency. But as soon as he enters the shadowy Blue Angel nightclub and steals one glimpse of the smoldering Lola-Lola (Marlene Dietrich), commanding the stage in top hat, stockings, and bare thighs, Rath's self-righteous piety is crushed. He finds himself fatefully seduced by the throaty voice of the vulgar siren, singing "Falling In Love Again." Consumed by desire and tormented by his rigid propriety, Professor Rath allows himself to be dragged down a path of personal degradation. Lola's unrestrained sexuality was a revelation to turn-of-the-decade moviegoers, thrusting Dietrich to the forefront of the sultry international leading ladies, such as Greta Garbo, who were challenging the limits of screen sexuality.
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Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 1930.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Added Author
von Sternberg, Josef, 1894-1969 film director.
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Kino Lorber Edu (Firm),
Kanopy (Firm),
Kanopy (Firm),
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