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.
Acting
Dietrich's breakthrough — she IS the trap door you fall through
Direction
Sternberg's shadows eat Jannings alive, frame by frame
Costume
Top hat, stockings, and the death of propriety
Director
Josef von Sternberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dietrich was Sternberg's 17th choice; he wanted to fire her after the first week. Their volcanic partnership produced seven films.
This was Germany's first talkie — the English version was shot simultaneously, with actors memorizing phonetically. Jannings' accent doomed his Hollywood career.
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