Europa Europa
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Agnieszka Holland
Marta Sandrowicz
Marco Hofschneider
Klaus Abramowsky
Holger Hunkel
Salomon Perel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Drama based on the life of Salomon Perel, who, after his brother fell into German hands, suppressed his Jewish heritage in order to avoid certain doom at the hands of the Nazis and inadvertently became a German hero.
Director
Agnieszka Holland
Cast
Marta Sandrowicz
Marco Hofschneider
Klaus Abramowsky
Holger Hunkel
Salomon Perel
Piotr Kozlowski
Wolfgang Bathke
Andrzej Mastalerz
Ashley Wanninger
Hanns Zischler
Bernhard Howe
Michele Gleizer
Jorg Schnass
Delphine Forest
Aleksy Awdiejew
Wlodzimierz Press
Rene Hofschneider
Norbert Schwarz
Eric Schwarz
Hanna Labornaska
Natalie Schmidt
Klaus Kowatsch
Julie Delpy
Aschley Wanninger
André Wilms
Martin Maria Blau
Crew
Artur Brauner
Margot Capelier
Krstyna Grochowitz
Paul Hengge
Agnieszka Holland
Isabel Lorente
Isabelle Lorente
Margaret Mtntgoz
Elisabeth Mondi
Janusz Morgenstern
Barbara Pec-slesicka
Salomon Perel
Jacek Petrycki
Zbigniew Preisner
Lew Rywin
Ewa Smal
Wiesa Starska
Allan Starski
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Adapted Screenplay
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Named best foreign film of 1991 by the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Named best foreign film of 1991 by the National Board of Review.
Named best foreign film of 1991 by the New York Film Critics Circle.
Runner-up for the Best Foreign Film of 1991 citation from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
The Country of Germany
Zbigniew Preisner was cited for best music of the year by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for his work on "Europa, Europa" (France/Germany/90), "The Double Life of Veronique" (France/Poland/91) and "At Play In the Fields of the Lord" (USA/91).
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States August 9, 1991
Released in United States July 12, 1991
Released in United States on Video June 24, 1992
Released in United States September 1992
Released in United States Summer June 28, 1991
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 26- May 9, 1991.
Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (Open Zone) September 17-27, 1992.
Received a Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Film of 1991 from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Began shooting March 1989.
Completed shooting April 1989.
The German selection committee responsible for submitting a film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences was unable to select the largely German-language "Europa, Europa" (France/Germany/90) because it is a majority French production with minority German and Polish production participation, and because it had a Polish director-screenwriter and Polish and German actors.
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 26- May 9, 1991.)
Released in United States on Video June 24, 1992
Released in United States Summer June 28, 1991
Released in United States July 12, 1991 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States August 9, 1991
Released in United States September 1992 (Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (Open Zone) September 17-27, 1992.)
