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Mordaunt Hall, New York Times: Not only is Mr. Jannings's and Miss Dietrich's acting excellent, but they are supported by an unusually competent cast. Read more
Don Druker, Chicago Reader: The first film collaboration between Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, this reeks with decay and sexuality. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: You can't hear 'Falling In Love Again' too many times. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Intriguing for its glimpses of backstage life in shabby German postwar vaudeville, and for Dietrich's performance. Read more
TIME Magazine: If The Blue Angel is familiar material, it is also the sort of hing that Jannings does better than anyone else. Read more