Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. —Henry Fielding

13 May 2021

The Blue Angel (1930)


The Blue Angel (Der Blaue Engel)
is an excellent Weimar-era tragedy starring the great Emil Jannings. It feels very much like a play still (it is one – by Carl Zuckmayer), but its emotional force comes through.

I watched this on the Criterion Channel as part of a series on collaborations between Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg.

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