
A Jewish boy, separated from his family in the early days of WWII, poses as a German orphan and is thereafter taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually made a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are cornerstones of the film, it is based upon a true story.... (Full plot summary below)
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A Jewish boy, separated from his family in the early days of WWII, poses as a German orphan and is thereafter taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually made a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are cornerstones of the film, it is based upon a true story.
Leave your thoughts about Europa Europa.
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. LevitMore outstanding than the current run of Holocaust fictions. |
| eCinemaCenter.comGabe LeibowitzThe shower scene still sends shivers up my spine, and it's been years since I've seen it. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzAn important historical film set between 1938 and 1945. |
| Bangitout.comJordan HillerWhile in every other Holocaust film the Nazis are depicted as masterful at sniffing out and executing Jews, Perel dodges bullet after bullet with relative ease and immense good fortune. |
| The SpectatorVanessa LettsThe film leads you to wonder to what extent the hero has been indoctrinated... but the question is raised via the film's deficiencies rather than its merits. |
| User ReviewMaynard KA compelling story following a Polish Jewish boy through various parts of the WWII landscape not often visited in more America-centric takes, e.g., through a communist boysâ(TM) school in Russia and into an elite academy for Hitler Youth in training. Based on a real person's memoirs, and a wonderful story which generalizes into larger insights about the broader events he's surviving. |
| User ReviewMartin SI have seen most of Lars Von Triers work and can say with absolute certainty this is his best film. It's highly inventive visually and narratively. 'Europa' is a bit confusing and slightly difficult but the work pays off. |
| User ReviewOliver TFinally watched it this weekend. A very powerful film. Acting was great and the story was very interesting. I totally recommend this film to anyone. |
| User ReviewJacob AFantastic foreign film. in the Top 5 best foreign film ever list |
| User ReviewJan Marc MEuropa Europa is an incredible autobiography of Solomon Perel that features how a circumcised male reproductive organ can both be an asset and a liability in Nazi Germany, World War II. Outstanding. |