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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
Like Europa, it turns political history into a feverish moral labyrinth, with a compromised protagonist, hypnotic camera movement, and stylised shadows that make ideology feel seductively sinister.
02
Why this pick
Its expressionistic spaces, oppressive bureaucracy, and doomed subjective momentum echo Europa’s nightmare logic, creating a paranoid journey where institutions become an abstract, engulfing force.
03
Why this pick
Antonioni shares von Trier’s cool, immersive formal control: an identity-shifting protagonist drifts through political danger, alienation, and meticulously composed spaces with mounting existential unease.
04
Why this pick
This surreal German historical reckoning similarly filters fascism’s rise through a distorted personal perspective, combining dark irony, troubling romance, and an atmosphere of moral decay.
05
Why this pick
Another railway-set wartime tale, but with delicate absurdism beneath its tension; its young protagonist’s idealism and vulnerability offer a more human-scale counterpart to Europa’s historical dread.
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01 / THE STORY
A young, idealistic American hopes to "show some kindness" to the Germany people soon after the end of World War II. In Allied Occupation Zones in Germany, he takes on work as a sleeping-car conductor for the Zentropa railway network, falls in love with a ''femme fatale'', and becomes embroiled in a pro-Nazism Werwolf.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Leopold Kessler
Narrator (voice)
Max Hartmann
Doctor Magnus
Mr. Ravenstein
Steleman
Depot Assistant
Man in Housecoat
