Europa
1991
World War II had finished, but it left indelible marks.
Directed by Lars von Trier
User Rating
Intensity
In 1945 Germany, following the end of World War II, Leopold Kessler, an American of German descent, is hired by his uncle as a sleeping car conductor on the Zentropa train line. Leopold's wish is to be neutral to the ongoing purges of loyalists by Allied forces and do what he can to help a hurting country, but ultimately finds himself being used by both sides.
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- Director
- Lars von Trier
- Written by
- Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel
- Produced by
- Bo Christensen, Peter Aalbæk Jensen
- Composer
- Joachim Holbek
- Cinematographers
- Edward Kłosiński, Henning Bendtsen, Jean-Paul Meurisse
- Editor
- Hervé Schneid
- Sound Designer
- Per Streit
- Origin country
- Denmark
- Production countries
- Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Language
- German
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Zentropa
- TMDB
- 7.3/10 (377 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 81% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 69/100
- IMDb
- 7.5/10 (24,500 votes)
Awards
- WonSitges Film Festival— Best Film(1991)
Cast
Jean-Marc Barr
Leopold Kessler
Barbara Sukowa
Katharina Hartmann
Udo Kier
Lawrence Hartmann
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Uncle Kessler
Erik Mørk
Pater
Jørgen Reenberg
Max Hartmann
Henning Jensen
Siggy
Eddie Constantine
Colonel Harris
Max von Sydow
Narrator (voice)
Benny Poulsen
Steleman
Erno Müller
Seifert
Dietrich Kuhlbrodt
Inspector
Holger Perfort
Mr. Ravenstein
Anne Werner Thomsen
Mrs. Ravenstein
Hardy Rafn
Man in Housecoat
Cæcilia Holbek Trier
Maid
János Herskó
Jewish Man
Talila
Jewish Wife
Crew
Lars von Trier
Director
Niels Vørsel
Screenplay
Bo Christensen
Producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Producer
Joachim Holbek
Original Music Composer
Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography
Henning Bendtsen
Director of Photography
Jean-Paul Meurisse
Director of Photography
Hervé Schneid
Editor
Andrzej Borecki
Production Design
Henning Bahs
Production Design
François Duplat
Executive Producer
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