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Europa (known as Zentropa in North America) is a 1991 experimental political psychological drama film[5][6] directed by Lars von Trier. It is von Trier's third theatrical feature film and the final film in his Europa trilogy following The Element of Crime (1984) and Epidemic (1987).[7]

Europa
Film poster
Directed by	Lars von Trier
Written by	Lars von Trier Niels Vørsel
Produced by	Peter Aalbæk Jensen Bo Christensen[1]
Starring	Jean-Marc Barr Barbara Sukowa Udo Kier Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Cinematography	Henning Bendtsen Edward Kłosiński Jean-Paul Meurisse
Edited by	Hervé Schneid
Music by	Joachim Holbek
Production companies	Det Danske Filminstitut Svenska Filminstitutet Eurimages UGC
Distributed by	Nordisk Film Biografdistribution
Release dates	12 May 1991 (1991-05-12) (Cannes )[2] 22 June 1991 (1991-06-22) (Germany) 16 August 1991 (1991-08-16) (Denmark)
Running time	114 minutes[3]
Countries	Denmark Sweden France Germany Switzerland United Kingdom
Languages	English German
Budget	DKK 28 million (US$4 million)
Box office	$1 million[4]

The film features an international ensemble cast, including French-American Jean-Marc Barr, Germans Barbara Sukowa and Udo Kier, expatriate American Eddie Constantine, and Swedes Max von Sydow and Ernst-Hugo Järegård.

Europa was influenced by Franz Kafka's Amerika, and the title was chosen "as an echo" of that novel.[8]

Plot

A young, idealistic American hopes to "show some kindness" to the German people soon after the end of World War II. In US-occupied Germany, he takes on work as a sleeping-car conductor for the Zentropa railway network, falls in love with a femme fatale, and becomes embroiled in a pro-Nazi terrorist conspiracy.

Cast

Style

Europa employs an experimental style of cinema, combining largely black and white visuals with occasional intrusions of colour, having actors interact with rear-projected footage, and layering different images over one another to surreal effect. The voice-over narration uses an unconventional second-person narrative imitative of a hypnotist (e.g. "On the count of ten, you will be in Europa.").

The film's characters, music, dialogue, and plot are self-consciously melodramatic and ironically imitative of film noir conventions.

Production

The film was shot throughout Poland (Chojna Cathedral (Marienkirche) and the Chojna Roundhouse) and in Denmark (Nordisk Film studios, Copenhagen and the Copenhagen Dansk Hydraulisk Institut)

Von Trier's production company, Zentropa Entertainments, is named after the sinister railway network featured in this film, which is in turn named after the real-life train company Mitropa.

Reception

Europa was released as Zentropa in North America to avoid confusion with Europa Europa (1990).

Critical reception

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The film received largely positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an 85% score based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[9]

Accolades

The film won three awards at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival (Best Artistic Contribution, Jury Prize, and Technical Grand Prize).[7] Upon realizing that he had not won the Palme d'Or, von Trier gave the judges the finger and stormed out of the venue.[10]

Home media

The Criterion Collection released the film on DVD in 2008. The package contained several documentaries on the film and an audio commentary by von Trier.

References

External links

• Europa at IMDb
• Europa in the Danish Film Database
• Europa at the TCM Movie Database
• Europa at Box Office Mojo
• Europa at Rotten Tomatoes
• Europa: Night Train an essay by Howard Hampton at the Criterion Collection

На других языках

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[de] Europa (Film)

Europa ist ein Spielfilm des dänischen Regisseurs Lars von Trier aus dem Jahr 1991. Er markiert den Abschluss der so genannten Europa-Trilogie, begonnen mit The Element of Crime (1984) und Epidemic (1987). In den Hauptrollen sind Jean-Marc Barr und Barbara Sukowa zu sehen, in größeren Nebenrollen unter anderem Eddie Constantine und Udo Kier.

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- [en] Europa (1991 film)

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[ru] Европа (фильм, 1991)

«Европа» (дат. Europa) — драма режиссёра Ларса фон Триера 1991 года. Завершающая часть трилогии «Европа», куда также входят картины «Элемент преступления» (1984) и «Эпидемия» (1987).

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