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Angel

  • 19371937
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 31m
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7.2/10
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  • Romance

A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man.A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man.A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man.

IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Ernst Lubitsch
  • Writers
    • Melchior Lengyel(play "Angyal")
    • Guy Bolton(adaptation: English play)
    • Russell G. Medcraft(adaptation: English play)
  • Stars
    • Marlene Dietrich
    • Herbert Marshall
    • Melvyn Douglas
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ernst Lubitsch
  • Writers
    • Melchior Lengyel(play "Angyal")
    • Guy Bolton(adaptation: English play)
    • Russell G. Medcraft(adaptation: English play)
  • Stars
    • Marlene Dietrich
    • Herbert Marshall
    • Melvyn Douglas
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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  • Videos1

    Angel (1937)
    Trailer 0:45
    Angel (1937)

    Photos56

    "Angel" 1937. Marlene Dietrich.
    "Angel" Marlene Dietrich and Melvin Douglas. 1937/Paramount
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    "Angel" Marlene Dietrich. 1937/Paramount
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    Photo for "Angel." Marlene Dietrich. 1937/Paramount
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    "Angel" Marlene Dietrich. 1937/Paramount
    "Angel" Marlene Dietrich 1937/Paramount
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    "Angel" Marlene Dietrich. 1937/Paramount

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    Marlene Dietrich
    Marlene Dietrich
    • Lady Maria Barkeras Lady Maria Barker
    Herbert Marshall
    Herbert Marshall
    • Sir Frederick Barkeras Sir Frederick Barker
    Melvyn Douglas
    Melvyn Douglas
    • Anthony Haltonas Anthony Halton
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    • Grahamas Graham
    Ernest Cossart
    Ernest Cossart
    • Christopher Wiltonas Christopher Wilton
    Laura Hope Crews
    Laura Hope Crews
    • Grand Duchess Anna Dmitrievnaas Grand Duchess Anna Dmitrievna
    Herbert Mundin
    Herbert Mundin
    • Mr. Greenwoodas Mr. Greenwood
    Dennie Moore
    Dennie Moore
    • Emma MacGillicuddy Wiltonas Emma MacGillicuddy Wilton
    Ivan Lebedeff
    Ivan Lebedeff
    • Prince Vladimir Gregorovitchas Prince Vladimir Gregorovitch
    • (scenes deleted)
    Leonard Carey
    Leonard Carey
    • Barker's Footmanas Barker's Footman
    • (uncredited)
    Louise Carter
    Louise Carter
    • Flower Womanas Flower Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Phyllis Coghlan
    • Maria's Maidas Maria's Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Assistant Hotel Manageras Assistant Hotel Manager
    • (uncredited)
    George Davis
    George Davis
    • First Taxi Driveras First Taxi Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Duci De Kerekjarto
    Duci De Kerekjarto
    • Violinistas Violinist
    • (uncredited)
    Herbert Evans
    Herbert Evans
    • Lord Davington's Butleras Lord Davington's Butler
    • (uncredited)
    James Finlayson
    James Finlayson
    • Barker's Second Butleras Barker's Second Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Bobbie Hale
    • News Vendoras News Vendor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Writers
      • Melchior Lengyel(play "Angyal")
      • Guy Bolton(adaptation: English play)
      • Russell G. Medcraft(adaptation: English play)
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    Lord Frederick Barker is the British representative to the League of Nations. Current geopolitical tensions, which could lead to war if not dealt with, have him preoccupied with work, he more often than not feeling the need to deal with issues rather than delegate them to subordinates. As such, his wife, Lady Maria Barker, is feeling neglected, Frederick, totally devoted to and in love with his wife, unaware of her feelings. While he is in Geneva for work, she secretly flies to Paris under an assumed name to deal with her emotions with her old friend, the Grand Duchess Anna Dmitrievna formerly of Russia, the only person in Paris who knows her true identity. The Grand Duchess' general role in her social circle is to facilitate good times for others, with unspoken discretion. It is at the Grand Duchess' salon that Maria meets playboy Anthony Halton. While spending the evening together, Maria and Tony fall in love with each other, with Maria, under the circumstances, refusing to divulge her name or her situation to him, and thus neither using any names for each other except what he ends up calling her: his Angel. Maria promises to make up her mind if there is a future for them if she shows up the following Wednesday at 5pm back at the Grand Duchess' salon, the intervening time which she will spend back in London with Frederick to evaluate the situation and her feelings. Complicating matters is that Tony and Frederick were casual acquaintances during the Great War, they who have just reconnected and become friends in their mutual admiration for each other. Thus, the question becomes who, if anyone, will show up at the Grand Duchess' salon at the appointed time. —Huggo
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      • SHE MET HIM IN PARIS...AND SNUBBED HIM IN LONDON...for this time her HUSBAND WAS ALONG! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - March 9, 1938) -
    • Genres
      • Comedy
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      • Romance
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    • Trivia
      Paramount paid $8,500 for Melchior Lengyel's play. The film length was gradually cut from 2916.94m (11 reels) to 2478.33m (nine reels) after pre-release showings in New York City and six California cities from 25 July 1937 to 13 September 1937.
    • Quotes

      Maria: What's worrying you? France?

      Sir Frederick: No. Yugoslavia. Dear, I hope you don't mind, I...

      Maria: Oh, that's alright, dear. I understand. I understand perfectly.

    • Connections
      Featured in Le cinéma passe à table (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Angel
      (1937) (uncredited)

      Music by Friedrich Hollaender

      Lyrics by Leo Robin

      Played during the opening and end credits

      Played on violin by Duci De Kerekjarto (as Duci Kerekjarto)

      Played on piano by Marlene Dietrich and by Melvyn Douglas

      Played as background music often

    User reviews22

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Marlene Dietrich more irresistible than ever making fools of two men
    This is one of Ernst Lubitsch's less conspicuous films, while the performance of Marlene Dietrich in it is the more outstanding. Herbert Marshall is all right, he played against her before in "Blonde Venus" four years earlier, he was a jealous husband even there, but that was Josef con Sternberg, while Ernst Lubitsch is a completely different thing, although both are Viennese, and Marlene Dietrich is German. Melvyn Douglas is the tricky thing here. He makes a perfectly abominable offensive character insisting on constantly importuning on her, and you can't understand how she can tolerate it, but Marlene is Marlene, always superior to any critical situation, and also here she finally provides a solution, but not without the clever psychological empathy with her on the part of Herbert Marshall. Both Melvyn and Herbert appear, however, as perfect dummies at her side, while she makes the entire film worth while and watching. It's very European, while poor Melvyn keeps blundering on without noticing anything of the subtleties going on. She enters as a mystery of an intrigue, but when she has solved the knot she is already gone.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 29, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Engel
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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