Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Blue Angel (German: Der blaue Engel) is a 1930 German tragicomedic film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich and Kurt Gerron. Written by Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmöller and Robert Liebmann – with uncredited contributions by Sternberg. It is based on Heinrich Mann's 1905 novel Professor Unrat (Professor Garbage), and set in Weimar Germany. The Blue Angel presents the tragic transformation of a man from 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 international fame. In addition, it introduced her signature song, Friedrich Hollaender and Robert Liebmann's \"Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)\". It is considered to be a classic of German cinema.The film was shot simultaneously in German- and English-language versions, although the latter version was thought lost for many years. The German version is considered to be \"obviously superior\"; it is longer and not marred by actors struggling with their English pronunciation."@en }
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- The_Blue_Angel abstract "The Blue Angel (German: Der blaue Engel) is a 1930 German tragicomedic film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich and Kurt Gerron. Written by Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmöller and Robert Liebmann – with uncredited contributions by Sternberg. It is based on Heinrich Mann's 1905 novel Professor Unrat (Professor Garbage), and set in Weimar Germany. The Blue Angel presents the tragic transformation of a man from 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 international fame. In addition, it introduced her signature song, Friedrich Hollaender and Robert Liebmann's \"Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)\". It is considered to be a classic of German cinema.The film was shot simultaneously in German- and English-language versions, although the latter version was thought lost for many years. The German version is considered to be \"obviously superior\"; it is longer and not marred by actors struggling with their English pronunciation.".