Emil Jannings portrays this role superbly... This surely is one of the finest examples of tragic acting yet furnished from the screen.

| Aug 6, 2019

Once the party's over, the money's lost and the humiliation has set in, what leader, what purifying force can rescue everyone from this devastating shame, while supplying something of the same erotic, exalting excitement?

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 30, 2019

A remarkable performance from Emil Jannings.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 28, 2008

The first film collaboration between Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, this reeks with decay and sexuality.

| Jul 28, 2008

If The Blue Angel is familiar material, it is also the sort of hing that Jannings does better than anyone else.

| Jul 28, 2008

On top of the drawing power of Jannings comes the discovery of a new magnet, Marlene Dietrich.

| Jun 2, 2008

The film looks and sounds its age, but remains enthralling.

| Feb 9, 2006

Not only is Mr. Jannings's and Miss Dietrich's acting excellent, but they are supported by an unusually competent cast.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 28, 2006

You can't hear 'Falling In Love Again' too many times.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 20, 2002

Dietrich brought to her role a haunting combination of freshness and world-weariness.

Full Review | Dec 6, 2001

Intriguing for its glimpses of backstage life in shabby German postwar vaudeville, and for Dietrich's performance.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 8, 2001

She smolders, she smirks, she fails to be amused, she dominates, she destroys.

Full Review | Sep 28, 2001

Most impressive is Sternberg's gift of concision and elaboration. Glide and dwell, glide and dwell. He knows when to compress, when to intensify.

Full Review | Jul 31, 2001