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Europa

Europa (1991)

1h 53m | PG-13

⭐ 7.336 / 10

A young, idealist American gets a job as a train conductor for the Zentropa railway network in postwar, US-occupied Frankfurt. As various people try to take advantage of him, he soon finds his position politically sensitive, and gets caught up in a whirlpool of conspiracies and Nazi sympathisers.

Director: Lars von Trier

Studio: Gérard Mital Productions

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Video: 720p

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Cast

Jean-Marc Barr

Jean-Marc Barr

as Leopold Kessler

Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa

as Katharina Hartmann

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

as Lawrence Hartmann

Ernst-Hugo Järegård

Ernst-Hugo Järegård

as Uncle Kessler

Erik Mørk

Erik Mørk

as Pater

Jørgen Reenberg

Jørgen Reenberg

as Max Hartmann

Reviews

By Charles Tatum

Goodtropa. One thing you can say about this film is you have never seen anything like it before. Most chilling is the soundtrack, although von Trier does over-direct once in a while. I did appreciate this more than his "Breaking the Waves."