
Der blaue Engel
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.
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.
Essay examining the film's transgressive elements and cultural significance during Nazi era.
Critical analysis of Sternberg's direction and Dietrich's iconic performance as Lola Lola.
Book-length study of the film's relationship to mass culture and Dietrich's star image.

Emil Jannings
Immanuel Rath

Marlene Dietrich
Lola Lola

Kurt Gerron
Kiepert

Rosa Valetti
Guste

Hans Albers
Mazeppa

Reinhold Bernt
The Clown

Károly Huszár
The Blue Angel's Proprietor
Eduard von Winterstein
School Headmaster
Hans Roth
Bedel
Rolf Müller
Pupil

Roland Varno
Pupil

Carl Ballhaus
Pupil
Robert Klein-Lörk
Pupil

Wilhelm Diegelmann
Captain

Gerhard Bienert
Policeman
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