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Certificate PG

Cast Emil Jannings Marlene Dietrich Kurt Gerron Rosa Valetti Hans Albers

Directors Josef von Sternberg

Screenwriters Karl Zuckmayer Karl Vollmuller Robert Liebmann

Running Time 99 minutes

The Blue Angel
The first German talkie and seedy meladrama mostly remembered for the breaking up of the Dietrich Von Sternberg partnership.

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Plot
Professor Rath, a middle-aged schoolmaster, visits a cabaret where his pupils have been wasting time, and becomes smitten with Lola, a singer. Dismissed from his position, Rath marries the girl and becomes a humiliated, abused clown.

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