Emil Jannings as Professor Immanuel Rath

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Emil Jannings as Professor Immanuel Rath is the tragic, authoritarian schoolteacher whose infatuation with cabaret singer Lola Lola leads to his social and psychological downfall in the classic German film "The Blue Angel."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal
filmCharacter
rolePerformance
appearsIn The Blue Angel
associatedWith cabaretCulture
basedOn novel Professor Unrat
basedOnAuthor Heinrich Mann
centralTheme psychologicalDownfall
socialDownfall
characterArc fromRespectedTeacherToCabaretClown
characterName Professor Immanuel Rath
characterOccupation professor
schoolteacher
characterTrait authoritarian
tragic
cinematicEra earlySoundEra
criticalReception classicPerformance
directedBy Josef von Sternberg
filmCountryOfOrigin Germany
filmLanguage German
filmReleaseYear 1930
filmTitle The Blue Angel
genre WeimarCinema
dramaFilm
infatuatedWith Lola Lola
influenced laterTragicTeacherCharactersInFilm
LolaLolaPortrayedBy Marlene Dietrich
medium featureFilm
narrativeFunction protagonist
nationalCinema GermanCinema
notableFor depictionOfHumiliation
earlySoundFilmPerformance
portrayedBy Emil Jannings
productionCompany UFA
releaseVersion GermanLanguageVersionOfTheBlueAngel
romanticallyInvolvedWith Lola Lola
settingLocation GermanSmallTown
settingPeriod WeimarRepublic
linked to: Weimar Republic
symbolizes bourgeoisRespectability
moralDecline
theme erosionOfAuthority
obsessiveDesire
socialHumiliation

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The Blue Angel characterPortrayed Emil Jannings as Professor Immanuel Rath
Der blaue Engel characterPortrayed Emil Jannings as Professor Immanuel Rath