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Angel( 1937)

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

Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      Marlene Dietrich

      Lady Maria Barker, aka Angel

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      Herbert Marshall

      Sir Frederick Barker

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      Melvyn Douglas

      Anthony 'Tony' Halton

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      Edward Everett Horton

      Graham

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      Ernest Cossart

      Christopher 'Chris' Wilton

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      Laura Hope Crews

      Grand Duchess Anna Dmitrievna

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      Herbert Mundin

      Mr. Greenwood

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      Dennie Moore

      Emma MacGillicuddy Wilton

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      Gino Corrado

      Assistant Hotel Manager (uncredited)

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      Ivan Lebedeff

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      Leonard Carey

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      Louise Carter

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      Phyllis Coghlan

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      George Davis

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      Duci De Kerekjarto

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      Herbert Evans

      Lord Davington's Butler (uncredited)

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      James Finlayson

      Barker's 2nd Butler (uncredited)

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      Bobby Hale

      News Vendor (uncredited)

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      Gerald Hamer

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      Sam Harris

      Man at Club (uncredited)

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      Arthur Hurni

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      Olaf Hytten

      Consolidated Press Photographer (uncredited)

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      Suzanne Kaaren

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      Carl M. Leviness

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      Gwendolyn Logan

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      Lionel Pape

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      Joseph Romantini

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      Michael Visaroff

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      Eric Wilton

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jan 09 2023
    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 s...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • dual identity
    • paris, france
    • love triangle
    • love at first sight
    • servant
    • romantic rivalry
    • beautiful woman
    • mysterious woman
    • neglected wife
    • fling
    • unhappy wife
    • obsessed with a woman
    • suspicious husband
    • absent husband
    • adulterous wife
    • busy husband
    • comedy of manners
    • british diplomat
    • wife has an alias