The Blue Angel (1959) DVD-R

Starring Curd Jurgens, May Britt, Theodore Bikel, John Banner, Fabrizio Mioni
Directed by Edward Dmytryk

Print: color
Runtime: 107 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Professor Immanuel Rath (Curt Jurgens)is a martinet botany professor at a German high
school who finds post cards bearing the likeness of Lola-Lola (May Britt), "The Blue Angel",
in the possession of his pupils. He goes to the cafe where she is appearing to see if any of
his pupils are there, and spots two of them. While chasing them, he encounters Lola-Lola
and the troupe manager, Kiepert (Theodore Bikel.) He returns the next evening and
becomes involved with Lola. His visit to the cafe, and the fact he spent the night with Lola,
becomes common knowledge and he is forced to leave his school position. Despite the
protests of his friends, he marries Lola, who is intrigued by the idea of being the wife of a
professor. The intrigue doesn't last long, as Rath is unable to get work because of his wife.
He becomes a broken character, reduced to performing odd jobs around the troupe and
living off the earnings of his wife. When the troupe returns to his hometown, Kiepert brutally
uses him in a magic act as a shill to attract customers from among his old students and
friends. Lola meets a former lover and, as Rath is being degraded on the stage, she allows
the former lover to make love to her in sight of her husband. Rath goes beserk and sets out
to strangle her.