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Europa
Title
Europa [videorecording] / producers, Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Bo Christensen ; written by Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel ; directed by Lars von Trier.
ISBN
9781604651027
1604651024
Edition
Special ed. ; Widescreen ed.
Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2008.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Notes
Title from container.
Videodisc release of the 1991 motion picture.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer ; Danish audio commentary with director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbaek Jensen ; original theatrical trailer ; new and improved English subtitle translation ; Trier's Element: a documentary featuring an interview with von Trier as well as footage from Europa's set and its Cannes premiere and press conference ; Anecdotes from Europa: a short documentary featuring interviews with film historian Peter Schepelern, actor Jean-Marc Baar, Aalbaek Jensen, assistant director Tomas Gislason, co-writer Niels Vorsel, and prop master Peter Grant ; additional interviews ; booklet with essay by critic Howard Hampton.
German or English dialogue; English subtitles; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Summary
Leo Kessler, an American of German descent, visits Germany in 1945. He works as a night conductor on the Zentropa Railway Line, owned by a Nazi sympathizer. Leo attempts to remain neutral to the ongoing purguing of loyalists by the Allied forces, but he falls in love with the railway magnate's daughter.
Variant and related titles
Also known as: Zentropa
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
German; English
Added to Catalog
January 06, 2009
Series
The Criterion collection ; 454
Cast
Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier, Leopold Kessler, Katharina Hartman.
System details note
DVD.
Videorecording number
CC1784D The Criterion Collection
Genre/Form
Motion pictures, German.
War - Feature.
War films.
Feature films.
War films.
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