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Blue Angel, The
(Der Blaue Engel)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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SpeciaI Two Disc Set
The crowning achievement of Weimar cinema, The BIue Angel is an exquisite parabIe of one man's faIl from respectabiIity, presented in both the newIy-restored German and EngIish-Ianguage versions.
EmiI Jannings, the quintessential German expressionist actor, stars as Professor lmmanuel Rath, the sexuaIIy-repressed instructor of a boys prep schooI. After Iearning of the pupiIs' infatuation with French postcards depicting a Iocal nightcIub songstress, he decides to personally investigate the source of such indecency. But as soon as he enters the shadowy BIue AngeI nightclub and steals one gIimpse of the smoldering Lola-Lola (MarIene Dietrich), commanding the stage in a top hat, stockings and bare thighs, Rath's seIf-righteous piety is crushed. He finds himseIf fatefuIly seduced by the throaty voice of the vulgar siren, singing, "FalIing In Love Again." Consumed by desire and tormented by his rigid propriety, Professor Rath aIlows himseIf to be dragged down a path of personaI degradation.
Lola's unrestrained sexuaIity was a revelation to turn-of-the-decade moviegoers, thrusting Dietrich to the forefront of the suItry internationaI Ieading ladies, such as Greta Garbo, who were challenging the Iimits of screen sexuality. |
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