Europa
Europa (known as Zentropa in North America) is a 1991 experimental psychological drama period film directed and co-written by Lars von Trier. 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) and Epidemic (1987).
Plot
Just after the end of World War II, a young American of German descent, Leopold Kessler, comes to the U.S.-occupied zone of Germany and gets a job with his uncle as a sleeping car conductor for the railway company Zentropa. Fresh faced and idealistic, Kessler has come to work in Germany as his "small contribution to making the world a better place," but has difficulty adapting to German customs.
Awards
Cast
- Anne Werner Thomsen
- Baard Owe
- Barbara Sukowa
- Benny Poulsen
- Cæcilia Holbek Trier
- Claus Flygare
- David Bateson
- Dietrich Kuhlbrodt
- Eddie Constantine
- Else Petersen
- Erik Mørk
- Erno Müller
- Ernst-Hugo Järegård
- Hardy Rafn
- Henning Jensen
- Holger Perfort
- János Herskó
- Jean-Marc Barr
- Jesper Birch
- Jørgen Reenberg
- Lars von Trier
- Leif Magnusson
- Max von Sydow
- Michael Simpson
- Udo Kier
- Vera Gebuhr