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Originaltitel:
Der Blaue Engel
(Release: DVD 2002-09-23, Bio 1930-11-17)
Regi:
Josef von Sternberg.
Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel is a crowning achievement of Weimar cinema, an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability. Emil Jannings, the quintessential German Expressionist actor, stars as Professor Immanuel 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. However, as soon as he enters the shadowy Blue Angel nightclub and steals one glimpse of the smouldering Lola-Lola (Marlene Dietrech) commanding the stage in a 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. As evocative today as when it was made in 1930, The Blue Angel is a joy to behold and a timeless classic. This release features the German language versions, fully restored and digitally remastered.
