Europa Europa (1990)

Directed by

Agnieszka Holland

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film, historical film, coming-of-age film

Country

Germany, France, Poland

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 279 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German-Jewish teenager hides his identity and joins the Hitler Youth to survive the Holocaust. The film follows his constant fear of discovery as he navigates shifting allegiances and front lines during World War Two.

tensesuspensefulharrowingsurrealresilientbleakdarkly comicidentity-shifting

What happens

Europa Europa (released in German: Hitlerjunge Salomon, lit. 'Hitler Boy Salomon') is a 1990 historical war drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland, and starring Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, Hanns Zischler, and André Wilms. It is based on the 1989 autobiography of Solomon Perel, a German-Jewish boy who escaped the Holocaust by masquerading as a Nazi and joining the Hitler Youth. Perel himself appears briefly as "himself" in the film's finale. The film's title refers to World War II's division of continental Europe, resulting in a constant national shift of allegiances, identities, and front lines. The film is an international co-production between the German company CCC Film and companies in France and Poland. Europa Europa won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1992. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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