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The Blue Angel

You Too, Will Be Aroused By Her Intoxicating Beauty! "This Woman Makes a Man of Dignity a Slave to Love!"

★ 7.3 1930 108 min NR Drama

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.

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Released in 1930, The Blue Angel sits inside the 1930s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
1930-04-01
Rating
NR
TMDB score
7.3/10
Original language
DE
Status
Released
Production
Germany
Studio
UFA
Topicsbased on novel or booksexual obsessionprofessorfemme fataleunrequited lovedescent into madnessdownfallblack and white

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