In Germany, in 1945, darkness is overshadowing the conquered and destroyed country. Leo Kessler, an American of German descent arrives in Postwar Germany and gets a job at the Zentropa Train Line, which is owned by the Nazi sympathizer Max Hartmann.
Winner of the Best Artistic Contribution Prize, the Technical Grand Prize and Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Europa
1991
18 years
113 min.
Fiction
Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden
awarded films, Nazism, Germany
Colorido, P&B
Lars Von Trier
Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel
Henning Bendtsen, Edward Klosinski, Jean-Paul Meurisse
Hervé Schneid
Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Erik Mørk
Bo Christensen, Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Obel Film, Telefilm, Gérard Mital Productions, Nordisk Film
Joachim Holbek
Trust Nordisk
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