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- 1991
- R
- Orion Classics
- 1 h 52 m
- 1991
- R
- Orion Classics
- 1 h 52 m
Summary A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
Directed By: Agnieszka Holland
Written By: Solomon Perel, Agnieszka Holland
- 1991
- R
- Orion Classics
- 1 h 52 m
- 1991
- R
- Orion Classics
- 1 h 52 m
Europa Europa
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6.4
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Summary A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
Directed By: Agnieszka Holland
Written By: Solomon Perel, Agnieszka Holland
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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92% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
75
92% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Brilliant, biting, bitterly funny epic about a Jewish teenager's stranger-than-fiction adventures during World War II. [28 June 1991, p.22]
There are a great many movies about the tragic experience of the Jews during the Second World War, but only a handful as passionate, as subtly intelligent, as universal as this one. In Europa Europa, Agnieszka Holland tackles a great theme and, in the process, has made a great movie.
Europa Europa is a compelling story told with intelligence and wit. Holland's direction, and the acting by the ensemble cast, are superb.
In recreating the fantastic adventures of Solomon Perel, director Agnieszka Holland not only shows a lively appreciation for his anguish and his adolescent desires, but she also illuminates the mentality of mass ideological movements -- both fascist and Communist. That is a large order and Holland, a Polish-born, Paris-based director, carries it out with acute, ironic flair. [03 July 1991, p.E3]
Holland takes a more prosaic approach, but the ironies bite hard, and occasional farcical moments add an unsettling edge to Perel's fortunes. Holland plays on the paradox of role-playing with moderation, but the moral uncertainties of Perel's survival are no less dizzying for all that.
This man whose family was almost entirely wiped out must feel like he's the recipient of a great cosmic joke, with his survival as the punch line. Europa Europa does justice to the joke.
The problem is, Europa is episodic rather than cumulative. Europa is about the highlights in Solly's wartime life. But it's not about Solly.
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Production Company
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR),
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA),
The Senate of Berlin,
Sofima,
Ministère de la Culture,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Central Cinema Company Film (CCC),
Les Films du Losange,
Telmar Film International Ltd.,
Zespol Filmowy "Perspektywa"
Release Date May 9, 1991
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating R
Tagline In the tradition of Voltaire's Candide and Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
