Europa, Europa (1991)
- Starring:
- Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, (more)
- Director(s):
- Agnieszka Holland
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Europa, Europa
This drama was based on the true story of a young German Jew who survived the Holocaust by falling in with the Nazis. Solomon Perel (Marco Hofschneider) is the son of a Jewish shoe salesman coming of age in Germany during the rise of Adolf Hitler. In 1938, a group of Nazis attack Solomon's family home; his sister is killed, and 13-year-old Solomon flees to Poland. Solomon winds up in an orphanage operated by Stalinist forces; when German forces storm Poland, Solomon's fluent German allows him to join the Nazis as a translator, posing as Josef Peters, an ethnic German. In time, "Peters" is made a member of the elite Hitler Youth, but since Solomon is circumcised, he can be easily revealed as a Jew, and he lives in constant fear that his secret will be discovered. Solomon's close calls include an attempted seduction by Robert Kellerman (André Wilms), a homosexual officer, and his relationship with Leni (Julie Delpy), a beautiful but violently anti-Semitic woman who wants to bear his child for the glory of the master race. Europa, Europa (shown in Europe as Hitlerjunge Salomon) also features the real Solomon Perel, who appears briefly as himself. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 114 mins
Complete Cast of Europa, Europa
- Marco Hofschneider - Young Solomon Perel
- René Hofschneider - Isaac Perel
- Aschley Wanninger - Eric
- Hanns Zischler - Captain von Lereneau
- Delphine Forest - Inna Moisievna
- Nathalie Schmidt - Basia
- Aleksy Awdiejew - Soviet Major
- Eric Schwarz - Goethke
- Holger Kunkel - Wagner
- Marta Sandrowicz - Bertha
- Wlodzimierz Press - Stalin's Son
- Michele Gleizer - Solly's Mother
- Halina Labornarska - Leni's Mother
- Norbert Schwarz - Schwabe
- Julie Delpy - Leni
- André Wilms - Robert Kellerman
- Piotr Kozlowski - David Perel
- Klaus Kowatsch - Soldier Schultz
- Jorg Schnass - Pfeiffer
- Klaus Abramowsky - Solly's Father
- Holger Hunkel - Kramer
- Solomon Perel - Himself
- Wolfgang Bathke - Police Officer
- Ashley Wanninger - Gerd
- Andrzej Mastalerz - Zenek
- Anna Seniuk - Rosemarie
- Martin Maria Blau - Ullmayer
- Bernhard Howe - Feldwebel
- Director(s):
- Agnieszka Holland
- Writer(s):
- Agnieszka Holland, Paul Hengge
- Producer(s):
- Margaret Menegoz, Lew Rywin, Janusz Morgenstern
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Questionable for Children, Adult Situations, Nudity)
- 1991 - Golden Globe - Best Foreign Language Film
- 1991 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Foreign Language Film
- 1990 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Music Score
- 1991 - National Board of Review - Best Foreign Film
- 1991 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Foreign Film
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