Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier

Just after WW2, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.

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R, 1 hr. 52 min.

Directed by: Lars von Trier

Release Date: December 31, 1991

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DVD Release Date: April 8, 2003

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  • June 26, 2009
    When I decided to check out some Lars Von Trier movies, this was the one I was most looking forward to. I?d seen some beautiful clips from this movie in the past and this promised to finally be the movie that showed me why Lars Von Trier has such a great reputation. Unfortunate...( read more)ly, this wasn?t to be. Don?t get me wrong, there really is a lot to like in Europa but its charms are entirely aesthetic. The film has a gorgeous mix of black and white footage with color elements, I don?t know if this was the first movie to do something like that (it predates Schindler?s List by two years), but it does it very well. Unfortunately this is done in service of a boring story about some sort of fantastical post-war Germany divorced of any historical accuracy. Worse, the main character is (deliberately) annoying to the point where you?d rather strangle him than watch a movie about him. I do not know what Von Trier was trying to say with this film, and I wouldn?t mind if I thought it was an enjoyable watch? which it isn?t. I also found a lot of the acting strange, it seemed like he was dubbing over various actors Leone style, and that was an annoying distraction. Truth be told, this is the best Von Trier movie I?ve seen, but that?s not saying mutch. I haven?t checked out his Dogma work yet, so maybe that?s where I?m going to have to go in order to understand all the fuss over this guy.
  • October 21, 2007
    Still one of my favorites.
  • November 27, 2009
    I love it. This is even before sin city, but the resemblance of the movie is uncanny..How I love von trier even more..Like an architect he should be Shigeru Ban..Pure genius.
  • September 14, 2009
    I would like to lick the screen for that delicious cinematography :). The Golden
    Palm prize had missed this film.
  • July 7, 2009
    Os filmes de Lars Von Trier são como pedra no sapato - e isso é ótimo.
  • June 29, 2009
    I bought it.... can u believe i havent seen it yet.... damn!
  • April 25, 2009
    No thanks - Not interested
  • March 30, 2009
    if it's by Lars von Trier it's bound to be crap so no thanks!
  • December 15, 2008
    moody atmostpheric and the biggexst trip of a film since Brazil. VEry imaginative in shooting color and black and white in the same frame (before you could do it in computers, mind you). Only problem is the story was a little dry. Not as dry as aunt CVickies Christmas turkey bu...( read more)t dry none the less.
  • December 10, 2008
    This is great storytelling. Trier also uses a number of (at the time) unconventional techniques just to mess with the audience.

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