Hans Albers
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Hans Philipp August Albers, also known by his nickname “der blonde Hans”, was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular
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Hans Albers in 1922.
Grave of Albers at the Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg
Hans Albers statue in the Hans-Albers-Platz, Hamburg-St. Pauli. By Jörg Immendorff, 1986
The Blue Angel
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The Blue Angel is a 1930 German musical comedy-drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings and Kurt Gerron.
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…The Night Belongs to Us) in 1929. Soon thereafter, Albers played big-mouthed strong man Mazeppa alongside Marlene Dietrich in her star-making classic Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel). Albers himself shot to fame in 1930 with the movie The Copper and constantly enhanced his star status with similar daredevil roles…
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Marlene Dietrich as Lola: "She straddles a chair...imperiously, magisterially, fully the measurer of men in the audience..."
Lola Lola surrounded by chorus line dancers on stage at The Blue Angel cabaret