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- 1992
- R
- Prestige
- 1 h 52 m
- 1992
- R
- Prestige
- 1 h 52 m
Summary Just after W.W.II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.
Directed By: Lars von Trier
Written By: Niels Vørsel, Lars von Trier
- 1992
- R
- Prestige
- 1 h 52 m
- 1992
- R
- Prestige
- 1 h 52 m
Europa
69
7.8
Summary Just after W.W.II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.
Directed By: Lars von Trier
Written By: Niels Vørsel, Lars von Trier
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
69
67% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
69
67% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Labyrintine and hypnotic, there's undoubtedly more style than substance to the film, but Von Trier manages to blind and bewilder his audience in a truly masterful manner.
Zentropa is a film in sunglasses and a black beret, melodramatic and formidable. It took me two viewings of the movie to realize that a compelling story emerges when its surreal settings, harsh lighting, macabre characterizations, dreamlike images and cartoonishly stilted performances are set aside. [26 Jun 1992, p.G5]
Europa has been described as a Kafka-esque fever dream, and while that isn't inaccurate, it's also a cover for the film's confounding narrative, which wends through murky noir plotting, a polyglot of accents and performance styles, and surreal interludes. The best approach is not to puzzle too much over the details, and to marvel at von Trier's technical wizardry, which re-imagines the period through a patchwork of vivid impressions.
The film is too confusing to be successful, but too striking and visually beautiful to be ignored.
Zentropa is as muddled as it is stylized.
Von Trier and his three cinematographers fashioned a handmade, retro pastiche with a small, dried-out heart.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
7.8
88% Positive
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13% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
7.8
88% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company
Alicéléo,
Coproduction Office,
Det Danske Filminstitut,
Eurimages,
Fortuna Film,
Fund of the Council of Europe,
Gérard Mital Productions,
Institut suisse du film,
Nordisk Film,
Sofinergie 1,
Sofinergie 2,
Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI),
Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC),
WMG Film
Release Date May 22, 1992
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating R
Awards
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
• 7 Wins & 7 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
20/20 Awards
• 3 Nominations
