1 hr 14 min
1.6 — The End: The Blue Angel and the Twilight of the Weimar Republic The Haunted Screen
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Nazi, dissident, victim…
Josef von Sternberg’s cabaret classic The Blue Angel had three stars: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, and Kurt Gerron. As the Weimar Era ended and the Third Reich began, fate brought them—and all of Germany—to a crossroads. What would they choose, and what choices would be taken from them?
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Nazi, dissident, victim…
Josef von Sternberg’s cabaret classic The Blue Angel had three stars: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, and Kurt Gerron. As the Weimar Era ended and the Third Reich began, fate brought them—and all of Germany—to a crossroads. What would they choose, and what choices would be taken from them?
For show notes and other supporting information, click here.
1 hr 14 min