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The Blue Angel

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The Blue Angel	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel) is a 1930 film from Germany's Ufa (Universum Film Aktiengesellschaft) studio, directed by Josef von Sternberg, loosely based on Heinrich Mann's novel Professor Unrat, and starring Emil Jannings. The film is considered to be the first major German sound film and it brought world fame to actress Marlene Dietrich.The plot follows Emmanuel Rath (Jannings) through a transformation from esteemed educator at the local Gymnasium to a destitute vagrant in Weimar Germany. Rath's descent begins when he punishes several of his students for circulating photographs of the beautiful Lola Lola (Dietrich), the headliner for the local cabaret, "The Blue Angel." Hoping to catch the boys at the club, Professor Rath goes to the club later that evening and meets Lola herself. He soon becomes enthralled with the girl and begins to woo her, slowly being overcome by lust and jealousy regarding the others who watch her act. Tragedy ensues.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Notable also for introducing the song ', Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt''‟ (usually translated as "Falling in Love Again") which became Dietrich's Signature Song. Those familiar with Dietrich's later deep vocal growl are often surprised by her thin soprano in this film.The Blue Angel received an English-language remake by Edward Dmytryk in 1959, starring Curd Jürgens and May Britt. The remake followed the original closely, except for changing the ending. It was not well-received by critics.
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The Blue Angel / int_237a1777	type	Exploding Calendar
The Blue Angel / int_237a1777	comment	Exploding Calendar: Literally burning page after page on screen, as Rath tears them off with Lola's hot curling iron. One of the most powerful and heartbreaking examples of the trope.
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The Blue Angel / int_2543bba4	comment	And then there's them ganging up on the one boy among them who does respect the Professor—they frame him for carrying photos of Lola, and later pound him to a bloody pulp for no discernible reason.
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The Blue Angel / int_2af6bbeb	type	Break the Haughty
The Blue Angel / int_2af6bbeb	comment	Break the Haughty: Rath.
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The Blue Angel / int_38d12399	type	Teens Are Monsters
The Blue Angel / int_38d12399	comment	Teens Are Monsters: Rath's pupils aren't the most grateful bunch, calling him "Rat-Shit" before he even finds out about the club and mocking his clown act like he's a chained-up animal. And then there's them ganging up on the one boy among them who does respect the Professor—they frame him for carrying photos of Lola, and later pound him to a bloody pulp for no discernible reason.
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The Blue Angel / int_3a967286	type	Handsome Lech
The Blue Angel / int_3a967286	comment	Handsome Lech: Hans Albers' strongman, who becomes Rath's rival for Lola's affections.
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The Blue Angel / int_3f45f1e6	type	Adaptational Heroism
The Blue Angel / int_3f45f1e6	comment	Adaptational Heroism: The Professor is a far more sympathetic character in the film than in the novel. In the film, he's merely a Stern Teacher while in the book he's a Sadist Teacher who hates all of his students, and delights in punishing them. In the film, after he's fired from his school, he's reduced to performing as a clown in in Lola's troupe; in the novel, he starts a gambling ring. The film ends with his tragic Death by Despair, while the novel ends with his arrest.
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The Blue Angel / int_3f89452c	type	Sad Clown
The Blue Angel / int_3f89452c	comment	Sad Clown: The professor, becoming a clown in Lola's troupe to support them. His first performance in full clown make-up, where he is continuously debased and forced to crow like a cock, is the climax of the movie and shows just how pathetic the once proud man has become.
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The Blue Angel / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
The Blue Angel / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: Lola kisses the strongman and Rath, destitute and humiliated, dies at the desk where he once taught.
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The Blue Angel / int_4f4372e9	type	Early-Installment Weirdness
The Blue Angel / int_4f4372e9	comment	Early Installment Weirdness: For Marlene Dietrich, whose singing voice is much higher than it was in her subsequent career.
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The Blue Angel / int_557838d1	type	Adaptational Attractiveness
The Blue Angel / int_557838d1	comment	Adaptational Attractiveness: The Professor as played by Emil Jannings is an old gentleman of plain appearance. The character in the book is described as very ugly, dirty and slovenly.
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The Blue Angel / int_59e5940e	type	AnimalMotif
The Blue Angel / int_59e5940e	comment	Animal Motif: The professor crows like a rooster in two different parts of the film: at his wedding reception when Lola is making chicken noises, and when he's humiliated on-stage at The Blue Angel.
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The Blue Angel / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Blue Angel / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: The main character's name, Rath (which means "advice, counsel, good sense"); his students call him "Unrath," which (now spelled without the "h") is German for "something worthless, garbage, dross" — "a bad idea."
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The Blue Angel / int_7598fec1	type	Stocking Filler
The Blue Angel / int_7598fec1	comment	Stocking Filler
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The Blue Angel / int_90b66e22	type	Femme Fatale
The Blue Angel / int_90b66e22	comment	Femme Fatale: Lola Lola
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The Blue Angel / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Blue Angel / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: The silent clown that appears when the professor first arrives at The Blue Angel? He's going to be succeeded by the professor in five years. The bird at the beginning foreshadows the fate of the professor. Much like the professor, he dies after years of being caged. Both of them have outlived their usefulness; as she burns it in the furnace, the housekeeper notes that the bird hasn't sang in years anyway.
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The Blue Angel / int_9f6fb586	type	Leitmotif
The Blue Angel / int_9f6fb586	comment	Leitmotif: The opening notes of Mozart's „Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen‟ (as played on the town-clock) become symbolic of the respectable life that Rath loses; Lola's „Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß‟ symbolizes her faithlessness.
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The Blue Angel / int_b4c406a6	type	Death by Despair
The Blue Angel / int_b4c406a6	comment	Death by Despair: Rath at the end. When he lost everything, he returns to his old classroom, and dies clutching the desk.
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The Blue Angel / int_d9d864e2	type	Stage Magician
The Blue Angel / int_d9d864e2	comment	Stage Magician: The Master of Ceremonies Kiepert (Kurt Gerron, who would later die in Auschwitz) makes Rath a stooge in his magic act.
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The Blue Angel / int_dc057cf3	comment	Adaptation Name Change: Lola Lola is called Rosa Fröhlich in the novel.
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The Blue Angel / int_dde7da12	type	Come to Gawk
The Blue Angel / int_dde7da12	comment	Come to Gawk: The students and later the professor.
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