The Blue Angel (2-Disc Ultimate Edition) (1930) On Blu-ray

Actor:           Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers                                                                                                                      
Director:      Josef von Sternberg
Genre:          Drama
Year:            1930
Studio:          Kino International
Length:         94
Released:    December 17, 2013
Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:         Blu-ray
Misc:              NTSC, Black & White
Language:    English, German
Subtitles  :    English

DESCRIPTION:

The crowning achievement of the Weimar cinema, The Blue Angel is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability. This exclusive two-disc set from Kino Classics includes both the newly-restored German version and the English version, both in high definition. 

Emil Jannings (The Last Laugh, Faust, Othello), the quintessential German expressionist actor, stars as Professor Rath, the sexually-repressed instructor of a boys' prep school. After learning of the pupils' infatuation with French postcards depicting a local nightclub songstress, he decides to personally investigate the source of such indecency. But as soon as he enters the shadowy Blue Angel nightclub and steals one glimpse of the smoldering Lola-Lola (Marlene Dietrich), commanding the stage in top hat, stockings, and bare thighs, Rath's self-righteous piety is crushed. He finds himself fatefully seduced by the throaty voice of the vulgar siren, singing ''Falling In Love Again''. Consumed by desire and tormented by his rigid propriety, Professor Rath allows himself to be dragged down a path of personal degradation. Lola's unrestrained sexuality was a revelation to turn-of-the-decade moviegoers, thrusting Dietrich to the forefront of the sultry international leading ladies, such as Greta Garbo, who were challenging the limits of screen sexuality.