The Blue Angel (1959)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Blue Angel |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
| Director | |
| Producer | |
| Screenplay | |
| Original work |
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| Production country |
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| Production company | |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Dialogue |
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| Swedish release | 1959-10-26 |
Cast
Curd Jürgens
(as Curt Jurgens)
professor Immanuel Rath
May Britt Wilkens
(as May Britt)
Lola-Lola
Theodore Bikel
Kiepert
Titles
| Original title |
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| Swedish release title |
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Screenplay | |
| Producer | |
| Director of Photography | |
| Music | |
| Choreography | |
| Production Designer |
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| Film Editor | |
| Production Mixer | |
| Assistant Director |
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| Technical Advisor |
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| Special Photographic Effects | |
| Conductor | |
| Orchestration |
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| Set Decorator | |
| Costume Designer | |
| Make-up Supervisor | |
| Hair Stylist |
Cast
| Curd Jürgens (as Curt Jurgens) | professor Immanuel Rath | ||
| May Britt Wilkens (as May Britt) | Lola-Lola | ||
| Theodore Bikel | Kiepert | ||
| John Banner | rektor Harter | ||
| Fabrizio Mioni | Rolf | ||
| Ludwig Stössel (as Ludwig Stossel) | professor Braun | ||
| Wolfe Barzell | clown | ||
| Ina Anders | Gussie | ||
| - | Ej krediterade: | ||
| Richard Tyler | Huntz Keiselsack | ||
| Voytek Dolinski | Mueller, student | ||
| Ken Walken | Ertzum, student | ||
| Del Erickson | Lohmann, student | ||
| Edit Angold | Emilie, Raths jungfru | ||
| Carmen Austin | balettflicka | ||
| Ilse Burkert | balettflicka | ||
| Barbara Luna | balettflicka | ||
| Stella Stevens | balettflicka | ||
| Gene Roth | berusad sjökapten | ||
| Siegfried Speck | Ventner | ||
| Brian Avery | Anspach, student | ||
| Paul von Schreiber | Werner, student | ||
| Peter Muller | student | ||
| Hans von Draing | student | ||
| Winona Smith | specialdansare | ||
| Otto Waldis | polis | ||
| Franz Roehn | professor | ||
| Hans Moebus | professor | ||
| William Kirschner | professor | ||
| Willy Kaufman (as William Kaufman) | professor | ||
| Norbert Schiller | hyresvärd | ||
| Gary Spencer | ung man | ||
| Cosmo Sardo | kund | ||
| Richard Richonne | elektriker | ||
| John Bleifer | direktören för The Blue Angel | ||
| Gerry Gaylor | kvinnan i skugga | ||
| Franklyn Farnum | kund på The Blue Angel |
Companies
| Production Company | Jack Cummings Productions Inc. | ||
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| Copyright | Jack Cummings Productions Inc. | 1959-08-28 | LP14455 |
| Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | 1959-08-28 | LP14455 | |
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | AB Fox Film |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 94688 |
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| Date | 1959-09-30 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 2935 meters |
| Notes | Aktlängder: 485, 510, 480, 505, 470, 485. |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Westrex Sound Recording |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Colour system | DeLuxe Color |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in metres | 2935 meters |
| Length in minutes | 107 min |
Original work
| Original title | Professor Unrath (Novel) | |
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| Author | Heinrich Mann |
| Original title | Der Blaue Engel (Script) | |
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| Screenplay, original work | Carl Zuckmayer | |
| Karl Vollmöller | ||
| Robert Liebmann |
Production location
| 1959-04 | 1959-06 | |||||
| Rothenburg, Bayern | West Germany |
Release dates
| First showing | 1959-09-04 | New York City, New York | USA | 107 min | ||
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| Release in Sweden | 1959-10-26 | Rigoletto | Stockholm | Sweden | 107 min | |
| Cinematheque screening | 1976-05-13 | Sweden | ||||
| Cinematheque screening, archive copy | 2012-09-08 | |||||
| 2012-09-15 | ||||||
| 2012-10-29 |
Soundtrack listing
| Original title | Lola-Lola | |
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| Composer | Jay Livingston | (1959) |
| Ray Evans | (1959) | |
| Lyrics | Jay Livingston | (1959) |
| Ray Evans | (1959) | |
| Sung by | May Britt |
| Original title | Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt | |
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| Composer | Friedrich Hollaender | (1929) |
| Lyrics | Friedrich Hollaender | (tysk text 1929) |
| Sammy Lerner | (engelsk text) | |
| Svasse Bergquist | (svensk text 1930) | |
| Sung by | May Britt |
| Original title | I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) | |
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| Composer | Harry Warren | (1941) |
| Lyrics | Roni | (svensk text 1941) |
| Mack Gordon | (engelsk text 1941 | |
| Sung by | kör |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 2920 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | set |
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| Colour prints | No |
| Behind the scenes prints | No |
| Slides | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Type | Program folio |
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