The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel (1930) is a drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg rated 7.3/10.

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.

Cast

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