German language materials Feature films.
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Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) Germany.
A respectable college professor becomes infatuated by, and marries, Lola-Lola, a cabaret singer who deceives and humiliates him.
Strait-laced professor is reduced to a figure of ridicule by a callous and manipulative woman at the local Blue Angel night club. The disc contains both the original German version and the English language dub.
Der Blaue Engel UFA ; directed by Josef von Sternberg ; screenplay by Carl Zuckmayer and Karl Vollmöller
Summary: the story of Prof. Immanuel Rath, his involvement with and the subsequent marraige to the entertainer Lola Lola and the subsequent ruin of his life.
A middle-aged schoolmaster becomes infatuated with and marries a singer from a sleazy cafe. When she leaves him for another man he returns to his school as a broken old man, and dies.
Professor Rath, a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola-Lola, a singer in a sleazy café, and is increasingly degraded by her until he is completely humiliated as an abused stage clown. When Lola leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man, and dies at his desk.
The crowning achievement of the Weimar cinema, The Blue Angel is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability, presented in the newly-restored German version.
The Blue Angel
An obsessive fascination with Lola-Lola, a music hall performer, slowly destroys a quiet professor.
The Blue angel
A professor becomes involved with and later marries a singer in a sleazy cafe. She increasingly degrades him and humiliates him. When she leaves him for another man, he returns to teaching school. He dies at his desk because of the abuse and humiliation.
An authoritarian German schoolmaster falls hopeslessly in love with Lola a singer in a popular cabaret. Obsessed and infatuated, he marries Lola, and travels with the cabaret, working as a clown and selling erotic photos of Lola to her admirers. When she finally leaves him for another man, he returns to his school as a broken man. The film was originally intended as a star vehicle for the remarkable Emil Jannings, but Marlene Dietrich's performance as the singer Lola captured audiences and brought her international stardom. Dietrich credited Sternberg with launching her career, she had only appeared in small parts in four films prior to her role as the vamp Lola.
Professor Emmanuel Rath, a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with, and later marries, Lola-Lola, a singer at a sleazy cafe. He is increasingly degraded by her and when she leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies.
Film adaptations
A middle-aged professor is infatuated with a tawdry cafe entertainer. She marries him, but is soon bored and contemptuous. He leaves her and dies in his old classroom.
Fiction. Drame psychologique. L'autoritaire professeur Immanuel Rath tombe amoureux de Löla, chanteuse de Beuglant. Il perd sa position, épouse la chanteuse, suit la troupe dirigée par Hazeppa, vend les photos de sa femme déshabillée, devient même clown, essaie d'étrangler l'infidèle et a conscience de toute sa déchéance en retrouvant sa petite ville et sa salle de classe.
Der Blaue Engel UFA ; Regie, Josef von Sternberg
Blaue Engel (Motion picture : English version)
The original classic of Josef von Sternberg. In German with English subtitles. Based on the novel Professor Unrath, by Heinrich Mann.
The Blue Angel UFA ; Regie, Josef von Sternberg
An obsessive fascination with a cafe singer slowly destroys a quiet professor.
Widescreen. One of the early sound masterpieces of German cinema, this film made Marlene Dietrich an international star and helped assure director Joseph von Sternberg a place in cinematic history. The story is a gripping portrait of a middle-aged professor who is degraded by his obsession with a tawdry cafe entertainer.
Der Blaue engel El angel azul = The blue angel
Professor Rath, a middle-aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola-Lola, a singer in a sleazy cafe, and is increasingly degraded by her until he is completely humiliated as an abused stage clown. When Lola leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies at his desk. This film made Dietrich an overnight star.
Professor Rath, a middle-aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola-Lola, a singer in a sleazy cafe and is increasingly degraded by her. When Lola leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies.
One of the early sound masterpieces of German cinema, this film made Marlene Dietrich an international star and helped assure director Joseph von Sternberg a place in cinematic history. The story is a gripping portrait of a middle-aged professor who is degraded by his obsession with a tawdry cafe entertainer. Presents two versions of the film: The original German and original English versions.
A romance and a marriage between a stuffy professor and a cabaret singer who ruins his life.
A middle-aged, tyrannical professor named Rath is degraded and led to his destruction through his infatuation with a heartless café singer named Lola Lola. Heinrich Mann's portrayal of the fascist mentality in the character of Rath.
Professor Rath, a middle-aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola, a singer in a sleazy café, and is incresingly degraded by her until he is completely humiliated as an abused stage clown.
Professor Rath, a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola-Lola, a singer in a sleazy cafe, and is increasingly degraded by her. When Lola leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies at his desk.
The infatuation of a professor for a nightclub singer leads to his downfall. Sternberg reversed the meaning of Mann's novel by making the professor a foolish, repressed victim rather than the corrupt and hypocritical exploiter of Lola portrayed in the novel. The film already shows Sternberg's interest in visual density rather than narrative vigour, creating atmosphere rather than narrative tension, a preference for the maximum expressiveness of decor and lighting over surface realism.
Professor Rath (Jannings), a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola-Lola (Dietrich), a singer in a sleazy café. Rath's devotion is used by Lola to degrade and humiliate him. When Lola finally leaves him for another man, Rath returns to his school a broken old man and dies at his desk. This film made Dietrich an overnight star.
A respectable, middle-aged school master becomes infatuated by, and marries, Lola-Lola, a cabaret singer in a sleazy cafe. She deceives and degrades him until he is humiliated as an abused stage clown. When Lola leaves him for another man, he returns a broken old man to his school and dies at his desk. The film is notable for its pictorial composition and elaborate settings.
Professor Emmanuel Unrath, a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with, and later marries, Lola, a singer at a sleazy cafe. He is increasingly degraded by her and when she leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies.
Professor Rath, a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola-Lola, a singer in a sleazy cafe, and is increasingly degraded by her. When Lola leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies.
Blaue Engel
German classic that made a star of Marlene Dietrich. Emil Jannings plays a middle-aged professor whose infatuation with a cafe ́singer ruins his life. In German with English subtitles.
The story of the destruction of a pompous high school teacher by a heartless entertainer.
Middle-aged schoolmaster becomes infatuated with a young cafe singer, which results in his progressive degradation and ultimate destruction.
Ever-fascinating film classic with Emil Jennings, a stuffy professor who falls blindly in love with cabaret entertainer Lola-Lola (Marlene Deietrich), who ruins his life. Dietrich introduces 'Falling in love again', this role made her an international star.
A straight-laced professor falls in love with a nighclub singer leading to his eventual downfall.
Classic portrait of German society in the late twenties, with Emil Jannings as the professor infatuated with Marlene Dietrich, a tawdry night club singer whose throaty rendition of Falling in love again became a cinema landmark. Original German language with superimposed English subtitles.
A middle-aged professor is degraded and led to his destruction through his infatuation with a heartless cafe singer.
German films
The story of a professor infatuated with Lola-Lola, a tawdry night-club singer. The two are married, but she is soon bored and contemptuous. After publicly humiliating the professor, Lola-Lola leaves him for another man, and he returns to his classroom where he dies at his desk.
An elderly professor is enthralled and ultimately destroyed by his passion for a sultry cabaret singer.
An elderly professor falls in love with a nightclub singer and is eventually destroyed by his passion.
A German professor foolishly becomes infatuated with an immoral cabaret singer.
L'autoritaire professeur Immanuel Rath tombe amoureux de Löla, chanteuse de Beuglant. Il perd sa position, épouse la chanteuse, suit la troupe dirigée par Hazeppa, vend les photos de sa femme déshabillée, devient même clown, essaie d'étrangler l'infidèle et a conscience de toute sa déchéance en retrouvant sa petite ville et sa salle de classe.
Motion pictures, German
Een dorre gymnasiumleraar verbiedt zijn leerlingen een berucht café-chantant te bezoeken, maar als hij er zelf binnen gaat wordt hij verliefd op Lola-Lola, de zangeres.
An elderly teacher is degraded by falling in love with a cabaret singer.
Blue angel
Der blaue Engel : frei nach d. Roman "Professor Unrat" von Heinrich Mann
Blaue Engel (Motion picture)
Professor Rath, a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola-Lola, a singer in a sleazy café. He is increasingly degraded by her and when she leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies.
A middle aged schoolmaster becomes infatuated with and later marries a cafe singer, who humiliates him. When she leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies at his desk.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Foreign films
Describes the story of Immanuel Rath and his involvement with and marriage to the entertainer Lola Lola.
Story of a strait-laced professor who falls in love with a striptease dancer. His first sexual encounter with her results in his total destruction.
Een dorre gymnasiumleraar verbiedt zijn leerlingen een berucht café-chantant te bezoeken, maar als hij er zelf eens binnen gaat wordt hij prompt verliefd op Lola-Lola, de zangeres.
Immanuel Rath, an old bachelor, is a teacher at the town's high school. When he discovers that some of his pupils often go into a speakeasy, The Blue Angel, to visit a dancer, Lola Lola, he comes there to confront them. But he is aroused by Lola. The next night he comes again--and does not sleep at home.
Professor Emmanuel Rath, a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with, and later marries, Lola-Lola, a singer at a sleazy cafe. He is increasingly degraded by her returns to his school a broken old man and dies.
An older professor falls in love with a cabaret singer/prostitute. A portrait of German society in the late twenties.
Features
One of the greatest classics of German cinema made in 1930. The gripping story of a middle-aged professor who is degraded and ultimately destroyed by his obsession with a tawdry cafe entertainer. Though she becomes his wife, he gradually loses his mind.
Drama
One of the early sound masterpieces of German cinema, this film made Marlene Dietrich an international star and helped assure director Joseph von Sternberg a place in cinematic history. The story is a gripping portrait of a middle-aged professor who is degraded by his obsession with a tawdry cafe entertainer.
A middle-aged schoolmaster's infatuation with a cabaret singer results in his degradation and ultimate destruction.
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A gripping portrait of a middle-aged professor degraded by his obsession with a tawdry cafe entertainer.
Professor Rath, a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola-Lola, a singer in a sleazy café, and is increasingly degraded by her. When Lola leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies.
A respectable college professor becomes infatuated by, and marries Lola-Lola, a cabaret singer who deceives and humiliates him.
An repressed and introverted botany teacher in a German high school, becomes obsessively involved with a cabaret entertainer. His sudden and complete but inevitable downfall is chronicled.
The story of a professor infatuated with Lola-Lola, a tawdry night-club singer. The two are married, but she is soon bored and contemptuous. After publicly humiliating the professor, Lola-Lola leaves him for another man, and he returns to his old classroom where he dies at his desk.
An obsessive fascination with a cabaret singer slowly destroys a quiet professor. The film that started Marlene Dietrich on the road to international stardom.
Story of a strait-laced professor who falls blindly in love with striptease dancer Lola Lola. His first sexual encounter with her results in his total destruction.
An authoritarian teacher meets a nightclub singer and falls in love with her. This love proves to be his downfall.
Professor Rath, a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola-Lola, a singer in a sleazy café, and is increasingly degraded by her until he is completely humiliated as an abused stage clown. When Lola leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies at his desk.
An instructor at a boy's school falls in love with a nightclub singer, leading to his eventual downfall.
The Blue Angel Der blaue Engel
Fiction. Drame psychologique. L'autoritaire professeur Immanuel Rath tombe amoureux de Löla, chanteuse de Beuglant. Il perd sa position, épouse la chanteuse, suit la troupe dirigée par Hazeppa, vend les photos de sa femme déshabillée, devient même clown, essaie d'étrangler l'infidèle et a conscience de toute sa déchéance en retrouvant sa petite ville et sa salle de classe. Avec Avec Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings, Hans Albers, Rosa Valetti.
An elderly professor is enthralled and ultimately destroyed by his passions for a sultry cabaret singer.
Portrays a middle-aged professor whose infatuation with a heartless cafe entertainer leads to his degradation and destruction while presenting a study of social decay in pre-Nazi Berlin.
The story portrait of a middle-aged professor who is degraded by his obsession with a tawdry cafe entertainer.
Feature films
A middle-aged instructor at a boys' prep school becomes infatuated with a singer from a sleazy cafe. He is forced to leave his respectable job. He marries the singer and travels with her performing troupe, sinking ever lower. When she leaves him for someone new, he returns to his former school as a broken old man.
The blue angel
DVDs
A tale about a straightlaced schoolteacher's obsession with a striptease dancer. A portrait of German society in the late twenties.
Professor Rath, a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and latter marries Lola-Lola, a singer in a sleazy café, and is increasingly degraded by her until he is completely humiliated as an abused stage clown. When Lola leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies at his desk. This film made Dietrich an overnight star.
Un professeur d'anglais dans un collège allemand devient amoureux d'une chanteuse de cabaret, Lola Lola. Malgré la disgrace professionnelle que cela entraîne pour lui, il l'épouse et la suit en tournée. Tombant de déchéance en déchéance, il devient le pitre de la troupe dont il fait désormais partie. Trompé par sa femme, il vient près de la tuer puis s'en va mourir, le coeur brisé, dans la classe ou il enseignait.
A German professor becomes infatuated with a cabaret singer, loses his position, self-respect, and sanity.
Stodgy, tyrannical, middle-aged high school teacher loses his heart and soul to captivating cabaret floozy--the role that made Dietrich famous ("Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt ...").
Depressing melodrama about a middle-aged schoolmaster's tragic infatuation with a cheap cabaret singer.
A middle-aged schoolmaster becomes infatuated with and later marries a cheap cafe singer. He is increasingly degraded and humiliated by her, and when she leaves him for another man, he returns to his school a broken old man and dies at his desk.
Professor Rath, a middle aged schoolmaster, becomes infatuated with and later marries Lola-Lola, a singer in a sleazy café, and is increasingly degraded by her.
A professor is seduced by the charms of Lola-Lola, a nightclub singer, losing his job and ultimately his dignity as a result of his marriage to her.
Story of a romance and the marriage between a stuffy professor (Jannings) and a cabaret singer (Dietrich) who ruins his life.
A middle-aged, tyrannical professor named Rath is degraded and led to his destruction through his infatuation with a heartless café singer named Lola Lola.
An obsessive fascination with a music hall performer slowly destroys a quiet professor. The film that started Marlene Dietrich on the road to international stardom.
An obsessive fascination with a music hall performer slowly destroys a quiet professor.
The strict and prudish teacher in an all boys prep school learns of the pupils' infatuation with a local night-club singer. He decides to personally investigate the source of such indecency, but once he catches a glimpse of her, he is fatefully seduced.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)