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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
A tightly controlled German legal drama about pursuing Nazi accountability amid institutional resistance, with the same procedural momentum and morally awakening postwar perspective.
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Why this pick
Its young lawyer gradually uncovers how an old crime is entangled with Germany’s unresolved Nazi-era justice, echoing Labyrinth of Lies’ investigative structure and ethical unease.
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Why this pick
Though set in the present, this patient, fact-focused procedural shares the film’s restrained tension, institutional detail, and deep respect for the human stakes behind an investigation.
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Why this pick
A searching courtroom drama confronting responsibility within a justice system compromised by Nazism; it has the same grave moral inquiry, though on a broader and more theatrical scale.
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Why this pick
This behind-the-scenes account of televising Eichmann’s trial carries a similarly sober attention to testimony, public memory, and the difficulty of making atrocities impossible to ignore.
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01 / THE STORY
In 1958, Johann Radmann is a young and idealistic public prosecutor who takes an interest in the case of Charles Schulz, a former Auschwitz extermination camp commander, who is now teaching at a school in Frankfurt am Main. Radmann is determined to bring Schulz to justice, but finds his efforts frustrated because of the many former Nazis serving in the government looking out for one another.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Thomas Gnielka
Marlene Wondrak
Staatsanwalt Otto Haller
Oberstaatsanwalt Walter Friedberg
Generalstaatsanwalt Fritz Bauer
Simon Kirsch
Conny
Major Parker
