The Blue Angel, A Film Of Obsessive, Ruinous, Passion Starring Marlene Dietrich.

[sandyRoe]

Whoever it was paid to view pictures of a teenager, we could probably all agree they've ruined their career and their life.
I don't suppose there'll be any sympathy for them, but should there be?
The Blue Angel film told a similar fictional story from nearly a century ago.

[jno]

Dietrich looked rather older than her 29 years - she became a lot more svelte and mysterious in her later films - and it wasn't easy to see what the hapless Professor Rath saw in her. Though her character is sometimes seen as a heartless gold-digger, she married his and tries hard to be a good wife but as he sinks into shame and despair she eventually leaves him for the variety troupe's strong man. Yes, we do feel sympathy for him, whatever his debilitating obsession with her.