Marlene Dietrich: "Der blaue Engel"

In a new film series from September to January, we are showing five films featuring Marlene Dietrich - starting with the film that launched her global career:

THE BLUE ANGEL

DEU 1930. D: Josef von Sternberg. D: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers. 107 min. FSK: 12

The virtuous teacher Professor Immanuel Rath visits the vaudeville theater, falls madly in love with the seductive singer Lola Lola, who is set on love from head to toe, and perishes. DER BLAUE ENGEL - based on Heinrich Mann's novel "Professor Unrat" - was planned as a prestigious production from the outset: Producer Erich Pommer and acting star Emil Jannings, screenwriter Carl Zuckmayer and composer Friedrich Hollaender and, of course, the new technology of sound film were called upon by Ufa. Josef von Sternberg - a Hollywood director originally from Vienna - got the largely unknown Marlene Dietrich accepted as an actress and gave her a career breakthrough with her role as a lascivious tingeltang singer. The film became a worldwide success and is still considered one of the most important German films today.
A film from the collection of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in Wiesbaden.

Introduction: Sabine Fischer