Europa (1991)

Review: Europa (1991)

Director: Lars von Trier

Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Erik Mørk,

Jean-Marc Barr
Jean-Marc Barr
Barbara Sukowa
Barbara Sukowa
Udo Kier
Udo Kier
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Erik Mørk
Erik Mørk

Plot: 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.

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Lars Von Trier&#8217;s <i>Europe Trilogy</i> (1984-1991): Criterion Blu-ray review

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