The Blue Angel
DVD - 2001 DVD Drama Blue 2 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Call Number: DVD Drama Blue
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch
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Special features: Audio commentary (German version only) ; Marlene Dietrich's "Blue Angel" screen test ; Dietrich interview footage ; original trailer ; Dietrich concert footage ; photo gallery ; filmmaker/cast bios. ; production history.
Based on the novel Professor Unrath by Heinrich Mann.
"Both the German and an English/German version of The Blue Angel film were filmed at the same time. The English version was destined for the English-speaking territories, but the somewhat hair-raising accents of the actors made the German version the more internationally popular."--Note on disc menu, Disc 2.
Both films originally released as motion pictures in 1930.
Disc 1. German version (102 min.) with optional audio commentary by German film historian Werner Sudendorf ; Bonus features: Scene comparison ; Screen test ; Trailer ; Marlene [Dietrich] interview ; Marlene [Dietrich] performances ; Photo gallery ; Facts & dates ; Cast & crew ; DVD credits -- Disc 2. English version (100 min.).
Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers, Reinhold Bernt.
A middle-aged instructor at a boys' prep school becomes infatuated with a singer from a sleazy cafe. He is forced to leave his respectable job. He marries the singer and travels with her performing troupe, sinking ever lower. When she leaves him for someone new, he returns to his former school as a broken old man.
DVD ; NTSC ; Dolby digital 2.0 sound (mono) ; Full-frame (1.19:1).
Contents: Professor Unrath.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
German version has optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
New York : Kino on Video, [2001]
Year Published: 2001
Description: 2 videodiscs (102, 100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Von Sternberg, Josef, 1894-1969,
Liebmann, Robert,
Zuckmayer, Carl, 1896-1977,
Vollmöller, Karl, 1878-1948,
Jannings, Emil, 1884-1950,
Dietrich, Marlene,
Gerron, Kurt, 1897-1944,
Valetti, Rosa,
Albers, Hans,
Bernt, Reinhold,
Rittau, Günther,
Schneeberger, Hans, 1895-1971,
Winston, S. K., 1877-1965,
Hollaender, Friedrich,
Thiery, Fritz,
Hunte, Otto, 1881-1960,
Sudendorf, Werner, 1950-
Mann, Heinrich, 1871-1950,
UFA (Firm),
Kino International Corporation,
SUBJECTS
Singers -- Germany -- Drama.
Nightclubs -- Germany -- Drama.
High school teachers -- Germany -- Drama.
Unrequited love -- Germany -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Germany -- Drama.
German-language films.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Foreign films -- Germany.