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Article: The Blue Angel. (Home Video).
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- March 22, 2002
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Directed by Josef von Sternberg; screenplay by Robert Liebmann, Karl Voilmoller, and Carl Zuckmayer, based on the novel Professor Unrath by Heinrich Mann; photography by Gunther Rittau. B&W. German dialog with English subtitles, 106 minutes. English version, 94 minutes. DVD distributed by Kino on Video, 333 West 39th Street, New York, NY 10018, www.kino.com
The name above the title reads Emil Jannings, but the star, the siren, the instant icon of The Blue Angel is Marlene Dietrich, sauntering regally across the stage as a smoldering chanteuse who is, as her future rival at Paramount might wisecrack, no angel. The discovery of a smirking blonde Venus, arms akimbo, ...