A remarkable performance from Emil Jannings.
Comment
07/28/08
The Blue Angel (1930)
94 %
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 30
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 8.3/10
Consensus: Marlene Dietrich steals more than one show in this backstage tragedy about a lowly professor besotted with a cruel and enigmatic singer.
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: This Josef Von Sternberg film, based on Heinrich Mann's novel PROFESSOR UNRAT, made Marlene Dietrich a star and began a tumultuous relationship between star and director that spanned Sternberg's most creative period. The film stars... [More]
Starring: Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti
Director: Josef Von Sternberg
Reviews for The Blue Angel
Top Critic Director Von Sternberg does whatever is necessary to emphasize the moral decline of not only Jannings but also the community around him.
07/28/08
Top Critic
Top Critic The first film collaboration between Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, this reeks with decay and sexuality.
07/28/08
If The Blue Angel is familiar material, it is also the sort of hing that Jannings does better than anyone else.
07/28/08
Top Critic On top of the drawing power of Jannings comes the discovery of a new magnet, Marlene Dietrich.
06/02/08
Top Critic
A seminal work in world cinema, it's best known as the movie that catapulted Dietrich to int'l stardom, but it remains one of the most powerful and disturbing studies of amour fou (literally) and sado-masochism, with a haunting turn by Emile Jannings
08/07/06
Not only is Mr. Jannings's and Miss Dietrich's acting excellent, but they are supported by an unusually competent cast.
01/28/06
Top Critic
Exceptionally high drama for its day, this tragic, tragic tale can tend to drag, but it's one of the best examples of well-realized filmmaking from the first half of the 20th century.
01/18/05
Though the film is hopelessly dated by today's standards, it does contain two powerful performances.
09/04/02
Related Forums for The Blue Angel
1930-THE BLUE ANGEL - 75 yrs. later and Dietrick can still turn men into clowns!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 10/11/05
by: REEL_REVIEWER 10/11/05
1930-THE BLUE ANGEL - 75 yrs. later and Dietrick can still turn men into clowns!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 10/11/05
by: REEL_REVIEWER 10/11/05
1930-THE BLUE ANGEL - 75 yrs. later and Dietrick can still turn men into clowns!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 10/11/05
by: REEL_REVIEWER 10/11/05
1930-THE BLUE ANGEL - 75 yrs. later and Dietrick can still turn men into clowns!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 10/11/05
by: REEL_REVIEWER 10/11/05
More DVDs
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
 93% |
Iron Man |
| 85% |
Forgetting Sarah Marshall |
 50% |
Sex and the City - The… |
| 52% |
Leatherheads |
| 12% |
Made of Honor |
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
| 77% |
Indiana Jones and the … |
| 97% |
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
| 88% |
Mongol |
| 78% |
Standard Operating Procedure |
| 30% |
War, Inc. |
IGN RSS Feeds