The blue angel Der Blaue Engel / [videorecording] = Blaue Engel Josef von Sternberg's The blue angel UFA ; an Erich Pommer Production ; regie, Josef von Sternberg ; screenplay, Robert Liebmann, Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmčoller ; directed by Joseph von Sternberg. - Fullframe ver. - New York : Kino on Video, c2001. - 2 videodiscs (106, 94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Adapted from the novel by Heinrich Mann. Originally released as a motion picture in 1929.

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.

Disc 1. German version with English subtitles (106 min.) -- Disc 2. English version (94 min.).

Music, Frederick Hollčander ; photography, Gčunther Rittau, Hans Schneeberger. Music, Frederick Hollčander ; photography, Gčunther Rittau, Hans Schneeberger.

Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings, Hans Albers, Rosa Valetti.

One of the early sound masterpieces of German cinema, this film made Marlene Dietrich an international star and helped assure director Joseph von Sternberg a place in cinematic history. The story is a gripping portrait of a middle-aged professor who is degraded by his obsession with a tawdry cafe entertainer. Presents two versions of the film: The original German and original English versions.


DVD format. Digital video disc.

738329022624

K226 DVD Kino on Video


Mann, Heinrich, 1871-1950 --Film and video adaptations.


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Feature films.
Foreign films, Germany.
Foreign language films--German.
Film adaptations.
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CM DVD 00707

791.43