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Europa Europa

Country: Germany | France | Poland, Language: German, 112 mins

  • Director: Agnieszka Holland
  • Writer: Paul Hengge; Agnieszka Holland
  • Producer: Artur Brauner; Margaret Ménégoz

CGiii Comment

Astounding.

This film will take you on an incredible and memorable journey...and, it will - without doubt - leave a long-lasting impression.

Holland, thankfully, uses no tricks - just a straightforward narrative that is both engaging and compelling - emotion and humour work so much better when they walk hand in hand.

The acting is exemplary, especially the young Hofschneider - a remarkable debut.

A film that lasts...will last...should last.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A Jewish boy, separated from his family in the early days of WWII, poses as a German orphan and is thereafter taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually made a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are cornerstones of the film, it is based upon a true story.

Cast & Characters

Marco Hofschneider as Salomon 'Solly' 'Salek' Perel / Josef 'Jupp' Peters;
Julie Delpy as Leni;
Rene Hofschneider as Isaak Perel - Salomons brother;
Piotr Kozlowski as David Perel - Salomons brother;
Andre Wilms as Soldier Robert Kellerman;
Ashley Wanninger as Gerd;
Halina Labonarska as Leni's Mother;
Klaus Abramowsky as Solomon's Father;
Michele Gleizer as Solomon's Mother;
Marta Sandrowicz as Bertha Perel - Salomons sister;
Nathalie Schmidt as Basia - Cinema cashier;
Delphine Forest as Inna Moyseyevna;
Martin Maria Blau as Ulmayer;
Andrzej Mastalerz as Zenek Dracz;
Solomon Perel as Himself