Jean-Marc Barr
Leopold Kessler
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As it won four major "best foreign-language film" prizes from American critics' groups of the 1991 awards season, Europa Europa was strongly regarded as a contender for a Best Foreign Film Oscar for the 64th Academy Awards ceremony.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES. 4K digital restoration, approved by director Lars von Trier, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack. Audio commentaries featuring von Trier, producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen, and actors Jean-Marc Barr and Udo Kier. Making-of documentary from 1991.
Synopsis. An American, Leopold Kessler (Jean-Marc Barr) goes to post-war Germany in 1945 to work as a railroad conductor for the Zentropa Rail Line instead of going into the Army because he feels its a more valuable thing to do for the state of the world.
Watch Europa with a subscription on Max. An American (Jean-Marc Barr) gets caught in a plot to blow up a train for the woman (Barbara Sukowa) he loves in 1945 Germany.
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May 22, 1992 · Overview. 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. Lars von Trier. Director, Screenplay.
Film Info. Poland, France, Germany. 1990. 112 minutes. Color. 1.66:1. Polish, Russian, German. Spine #985. Director-Approved Special Edition Features. New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Agnieszka Holland, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray. Audio commentary from 2008 featuring Holland.
Europa is a 1991 experimental psychological drama period film directed and co-written by Lars von Trier. The film is an international co-production between Denmark and five other European countries, it is von Trier's third theatrical feature film, and the third and final installment in his Europa trilogy, following The Element of Crime (1984 ...
