Angel main backdrop
Angel main poster

6.8/10 • 74

1937-10-291h 31m

RomanceDramaComedy

I want love - and I'm going to get it!

While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.

Directors
Ernst Lubitsch
Editors
William Shea

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  1. Marlene Dietrich

    Marlene Dietrich

    Lady Maria Barker, aka Angel

  2. Herbert Marshall

    Herbert Marshall

    Sir Frederick Barker

  3. Melvyn Douglas

    Melvyn Douglas

    Anthony 'Tony' Halton

  4. Edward Everett Horton

    Edward Everett Horton

    Graham

  5. Ernest Cossart

    Ernest Cossart

    Christopher 'Chris' Wilton

  6. Laura Hope Crews

    Laura Hope Crews

    Grand Duchess Anna Dmitrievna

  7. Herbert Mundin

    Herbert Mundin

    Mr. Greenwood

  8. Dennie Moore

    Dennie Moore

    Emma MacGillicuddy Wilton

  9. Gino Corrado

    Gino Corrado

    Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Reviews1

View Reviews
CinemaSerf Avatar

CinemaSerf

Jan 9, 2023

7/10

Ernst Lubitsch has managed not only to assemble three strong character actors here, but he also manages to get them to play well with/against each other without the whole thing descending into predicable melodrama. The lynch pin of the plot is the glamorous "Lady Maria" (Marlene Dietrich) who is married to her loyal, if maybe not the most lively, diplomat husband "Sir Frederick" (Herbert Marshall). Whilst feeling a bit neglected when he is away on one of his trips, she heads to Paris to visit her friend, the Russian Grand Duchess "Anna" (Laura Hope-Crews). As was customary for ladies of great social station, her function was largely that of a facilitator for the great and the good (or not so good) to meet at glittering soirées and it is at one such function that "Maria" encounters the rather rakish "Halton" (Melvyn Douglas) and the seeds for our developing love triangle are gradually sown. Now she has been using an alias ("Angel") in France, and when it turns out that her husband and her new beau have some wartime experiences in common - and they are all on the guest list to the same gathering - her wicket starts to look distinctly sticky! The plot is not especially remarkable, but there are four strong and engaging performances for us to enjoy here. Dietrich and Douglas gel well on screen together, Marshall always did manage that slightly aloof statesmanlike role well, and Crews cleverly plays her game to ensure that she, too, always gets what she needs from the various predicaments she encounters. It's also helped by a small cast, some quickly paced and sharp dialogue and it looks good to watch, too.

Media

  • Angel poster
  • Angel poster
  • Angel poster
  • Angel poster
  • Angel poster
  • Angel poster
  • Angel poster
  • Angel poster
  • Angel poster

Recommendations

  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? main backdrop

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    7.9

  • Angel Face main backdrop

    Angel Face

    7.1

  • Destry Rides Again main backdrop

    Destry Rides Again

    7.2

  • Café Metropole main backdrop

    Café Metropole

    6.9

  • City Lights main backdrop

    City Lights

    8.3

  • TRON: Legacy main backdrop

    TRON: Legacy

    6.5

  • Black Panther main backdrop

    Black Panther

    7.4

  • The Hateful Eight main backdrop

    The Hateful Eight

    7.8

  • Joker main backdrop

    Joker

    8.1

  • The Shape of Water main backdrop

    The Shape of Water

    7.2

  • Midnight in Paris main backdrop

    Midnight in Paris

    7.5

  • Deadpool main backdrop

    Deadpool

    7.6

  • Star Wars main backdrop

    Star Wars

    8.2

  • Get Out main backdrop

    Get Out

    7.6

  • About Time main backdrop

    About Time

    7.9

  • Citizen Kane main backdrop

    Citizen Kane

    8.0

  • Train to Busan main backdrop

    Train to Busan

    7.7

  • Sinister main backdrop

    Sinister

    6.9

  • The Nice Guys main backdrop

    The Nice Guys

    7.1

  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) main backdrop

    Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    7.5

Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Keywords
dual identityparis, francelove trianglelove at first sightservantromantic rivalrybeautiful womanmysterious womanneglected wifeflingunhappy wifeobsessed with a womansuspicious husbandabsent husbandadulterous wifebusy husbandcomedy of mannersbritish diplomatwife has an alias