Europa poster
Screenplay Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel
Director Lars von Trier

Europa

Tagline: World War II had finished, but it left indelible marks.

Release Date: 1991-06-27

Duration: 113 minutes

Synopsis

A young, idealist American gets a job as a train conductor for the Zentropa railway network in postwar, US-occupied Frankfurt. As various people try to take advantage of him, he soon finds his position politically sensitive, and gets caught up in a whirlpool of conspiracies and Nazi sympathisers.

Casting

  • Eddie Constantine
    Colonel Harris
  • Jean-Marc Barr
    Leopold Kessler
  • Max von Sydow
    Narrator (voice)
  • Lars von Trier
    Jew
  • Udo Kier
    Lawrence Hartmann
  • Vera Gebuhr
    Depot Assistant
  • Barbara Sukowa
    Katharina Hartmann
  • Ernst-Hugo Järegård
    Uncle Kessler
  • Henning Jensen
    Siggy
  • Baard Owe
    Man with Papers