Zentropa (1991)
- Starring:
- Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lars von Trier
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Foreign
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Europa (retitled Zentropa for the American release) is an hallucinatory Danish film set in postwar Germany. Jean-Marc Barr plays a young German who aspires for a job as a street conductor. But this is no mere "Joe Job;" Barr's adventures on the line are designed as a metaphor for the emergence of the "New Europe" following the war. Barbara Sukowa costars as the daughter of a railroad magnate--and possible Nazi sympathizer. Many of the special-effects sequences are computer enhanced, but even the "live" scenes have an unsettling, surreal quality to them (colors changing abruptly, backgrounds shifting without warning, etc.) This experimental film left some viewers confused, which may be why English-language prints of Zentropa are narrated by Max Von Sydow. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 107 mins
Complete Cast:
- Jean-Marc Barr - Leopold Kessler
- Udo Kier - Lawrence Hartmann
- Eddie Constantine - Colonel Harris
- Lars von Trier - The Jew
- Vera Gebuhr - Depot Assistant
- Else Petersen - Old Female Assistant
- Anne Werner Thomsen - Mrs. Ravenstein
- Holger Perfort - Mr. Ravenstein
- Henning Jensen - Siggy
- Barbara Sukowa - Katharina Hartmann
- Erik Mork - Father Jaregard
- Jorgen Reenberg - Max Hartmann
- Max von Sydow - Narrator
- János Herskó - Jewish Man
- Ernst-Hugo Järegård - Uncle Kessler
- Leif Magnusson - Doctor Magnus
- Claus Flygare - Father
- Baard Owe - Man with Papers
- Director(s):
- Lars von Trier
- Writer(s):
- Niels Vørsel, Lars von Trier
- Producer(s):
- Patrick Godeau, François Duplat, Bo Christensen
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children)
- Categories:
- Foreign
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- 1991 - Zentropa - Cannes Film Festival - Grand Technical Prize
- 1991 - Zentropa - Cannes Film Festival - Jury Prize
