Directed by:
Agnieszka HollandScreenplay:
Paul HenggeCinematography:
Jacek PetryckiComposer:
Zbigniew PreisnerCast:
Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, René Hofschneider, André Wilms, Andrzej Mastalerz, Hanns Zischler, Norbert Schwarz, Halina Labonarska, Artur Barciś (more)VOD (2)
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As World War II splits Europe, sixteen-year-old German Jew Salomon (Marco Hofschneider) is separated from his family after fleeing with them to Poland, and finds himself reluctantly assuming various ideological identities in order to hide the deadly secret of his Jewishness. He is bounced from a Soviet orphanage, where he plays a dutiful Stalinist, to the Russian front, where he hides in plain sight as an interpreter for the German army, and back to his home country, where he takes on his most dangerous role: a member of the Hitler Youth. Based on the real-life experiences of Salomon Perel, Agnieszka Holland’s wartime tour de force Europa Europa is a breathless survival story told with the verve of a comic adventure, an ironic refutation of the Nazi idea of racial purity, and a complex portrait of a young man caught up in shifting historical calamities and struggling to stay alive. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Marco Hofschneider
West Germany
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Luther (2003)
Immortal Beloved (1994)
Julie Delpy
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Europa Europa (1990)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
René Hofschneider
West Germany
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Ein starkes Team (1994) (series)
André Wilms
France
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Juha (1999)
Andrzej Mastalerz
Poland
Best movies:
The Peasants (2023)
Europa Europa (1990)
A Short Film About Killing (1987)
Hanns Zischler
Germany
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Europa Europa (1990)
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
Norbert Schwarz
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Halina Labonarska
Poland
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Man of Iron (1981)
Artur Barciś
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
A Short Film About Love (1988)
Europa Europa (1990)
Zbigniew Bielski
Poland
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Matka królów (1982)
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Bohdan Ejmont
Poland
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Blind Chance (1981)
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Marcin Latałło
Poland
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
The Illumination (1972)
Mr. Jones (2019)
Wlodzimierz Press
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Europa Europa (1990)
Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy (2002)
Anna Seniuk
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Potop (1974)
The Maids of Wilko (1979)
Włodzimierz Musiał
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Hit the Bank (1981)
Ryszard Pietruski
Poland
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
The Ashes (1965)
Grzegorz Wons
Poland
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Bez znieczulenia (1978)
Nothing Funny (1995)
Cezary Morawski
Poland
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
East Wind (1993)
The Closed Circuit (2013)
Aleksander Bednarz
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
A Short Film About Killing (1987)
Wszystko będzie dobrze (2007)
Tadeusz Wojtych
France
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Europa Europa (1990)
Sara (1997)