#TheBlueAngel #derblauEngel is a #1930 #German #tragicomedic #film directed by #JosefvonSternberg and starring #EmilJannings, #MarleneDietrich and #KurtGerron. Written by #CarlZuckmayer, #KarlVollmöllerand #RobertLiebmann â with uncredited contributions by Sternberg â it is based on #HeinrichMann's #1905 novel #ProfessorUnrat(#ProfessorGarbage) and set in #Weimar Germany. The Blue Angel presents the tragic transformation of a respectable professor to a cabaret clown and his descent into madness. The film is the first feature-length German full-talkie and brought Dietrich #internationalfame. The Blue Angel was banned in #NaziGermany in #1933, as were all the works of Heinrich Mann and Carl Zuckmayer.














