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Europa

Europa

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 27, 1991

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Crime, Drama, Thriller

User Score

73%

Original Title

Europa

Production Companies

Det Danske Filminstitut, Gérard Mital Productions, Nordisk Film Denmark, WMG Film, Euroimages Fund of the Council of Europe, Alicéléo, Eurimages, Fortuna Film, Institut suisse du film, Sofinergie 1, Sofinergie 2, Svenska Filminstitutet, UGC, Coproduction Office

Director

Lars von Trier

Revenue

$1,007,976

Description

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.