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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Emil Jannings as Professor Immanuel Rath canonical 2

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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 ⓘ