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Angel (1937)

Angel poster
Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
Genre
drama film, comedy film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 79 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman leads a double life between her husband and a charming stranger she meets in Paris. The film follows the emotional consequences when the two men discover they know each other.

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What happens

Angel is a 1937 American romantic drama film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall and Melvyn Douglas with Edward Everett Horton, Laura Hope Crews and Herbert Mundin. The screenplay by Samson Raphaelson and an uncredited Frederick Lonsdale was based on an adaptation by Guy Bolton and Russell Medcraft from the play Angyal by Melchior Lengyel. The music score was by Frederick Hollander with additional music by Gioacchino Rossini from The Barber of Seville. The cinematography was by Charles Lang and the costume design by Travis Banton. The film was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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