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The Lubitsch Touch™: where cheating on your husband is somehow devastating AND chic.

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Angel (1937)

Decadent pre-war glamourWitty wordplayEmotional devastation in silk gowns

Overview

Comedy Drama Romance

While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.

Content warning

paris, france beautiful woman love at first sight love triangle romantic rivalry dual identity adulterous wife mysterious woman servant neglected wife+5 more

The performance of identityLove versus securityThe loneliness of privilege

Standout Aspects

Direction

Lubitsch implies everything — the famous 'touch' is all suggestion, zero vulgarity.

Acting

Dietrich at her most ethereal and heartbreaking.

Costume

Travis Banton's gowns that basically ARE the character.

Best for:Solo: When you want to feel devastatingly sophisticated at 2pm on a Tuesday.·Date Night: Test if your date gets Lubitsch — instant compatibility check.·Rewatch: Catches different on second viewing once you know the ending.

Heads up:Emotional: Ending will gut you — not a romance in the traditional sense.

Director

Ernst Lubitsch

ReleasedOct 29, 1937

Runtime1h 31m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Top Cast

Marlene Dietrich

Lady Maria Barker, aka Angel

Herbert Marshall

Sir Frederick Barker

Melvyn Douglas

Anthony 'Tony' Halton

Edward Everett Horton

Graham

Ernest Cossart

Christopher 'Chris' Wilton

Laura Hope Crews

Grand Duchess Anna Dmitrievna

Herbert Mundin

Mr. Greenwood

Dennie Moore

Emma MacGillicuddy Wilton

Gino Corrado

Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Ivan Lebedeff

Leonard Carey

Louise Carter

George Davis

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Lubitsch shot multiple endings; Dietrich reportedly fought for the bleak one we got. She was right.

Cultural

Released in 1937, the film's aristocratic worldliness already felt like elegy — Europe about to burn.

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