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The Blue Angel
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by Passport
Sales Rank: 136444
Price: $9.98
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This film’s direction from Joseph Von Sternberg is brilliant, visionary and haunting. The star turn by Marlene Dietrich in "The Blue Angel" made her a screen icon. But perhaps Emil Jannings is the real treasure. His tough professor turned pathetic loser is absolutely devastating by the end of the film, with an unforgettable breakdown sequence and final scene. His performance is uncanny and is as much responsible for the longevity of this timeless film as is Dietrich's famous performance as Lola Lola. Approx. 100 Min. <P>Show 2
Marlene Dietrich At The Movies
Marlene Dietrich as a ruthless, seductive, throaty-voiced siren straddled a chair and crooned "Falling in Love Again" in top hat, stockings and bare thighs in "The Blue Angel." But her intensity and magic was captured on screen in an array of roles from the spell-binding gypsy in "Golden Earrings" who bewitched Ray Milland to the wife enthralled by Tyrone Power in "Witness for the Prosecution." Approx. 20 Min.
Viewer Reviews
I have owned and watched several versions of this film. I even have the film script. I would say that the Kino two DVD versions is the best presentation so far. I watched both the English and German versions I find the story depressing but the telling of it and the acting fascinating.
A real added plus is the commentary by German Film Historian Werner Sedendorf. He brought up information directly relating to the film at the time it was relevant. Then he left some berating room so you could absorb and experience the information. To many commentaries turn into soap-box discussions or rill in slow times with useful information that however is irrelevant to the film at the time. The film has so much hidden death and lost culture that after the commentary you will have to watch it again.
The English version is not really entirely English. Enough English is presented that the German in-between is clear enough to follow the story. However the German version is spoken clear without mumbling and lacks any slang that would force the casual follower to rush for a dictionary.
The basic story is as Federico Garcia Lorca describes in his play, "The butterfly's Evil Spell", death in disguise of love. Prof. Immanuel Rath (Emil Jannings), a person afraid of life, starts out to save his students, who want to embrace life, from a fate worse than death. In the process he meats an entertainer, Lola Lola (Marlene Dietrich). She inadvertently is the instrument of the Professors downfall from grace.
The magic of the film is more in the telling of the story through acting, sound, and symbolism than the story its self.
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