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

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The Blue Angel characterPortrayed Emil Jannings as Professor Immanuel Rath