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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Dietrich and von Sternberg again combine studio-bound exoticism, poised erotic danger, and exquisitely sculpted black-and-white glamour, with a more tightly suspenseful journey than Blonde Venus.
02
Why this pick
Its daring cabaret persona, smoky colonial fantasy, and emotionally self-possessed Dietrich make it a close companion to Blonde Venus’s mixture of performance, desire, and sacrifice.
03
Why this pick
For the same fascination with Dietrich as an image in motion: baroque sets, dramatic shadows, sexual power, and an unreal, feverish visual world.
04
Why this pick
This lean pre-Code melodrama gives Dietrich another coolly controlled yet vulnerable role, framed through Sternberg’s sensual lighting and fatalistic romantic tension.
05
Why this pick
Dietrich’s breakthrough has the cabaret charge and morally complicated allure that Blonde Venus draws on, though its theatrical world turns markedly darker and more tragic.
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01 / THE STORY
The movie begins with seven American students traveling in Germany. They stop at a pond and spot six girls (who all work for a theater) bathing. The naked girls notice the male students and attempt to conceal themselves. One of the girls, Helen (Dietrich), asks them to go away, but one of the young men, Ned (Marshall), adamantly refuses to leave.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones
Nick Townsend
Dan O'Connor
Charlie, the Bartender (unconfirmed)
Edward 'Ned' Faraday
Detective Wilson
