Europa

Synopsis

In 1945 Germany, following the end of World War II, Leopold Kessler, an American of German descent, is hired by his uncle as a sleeping car conductor on the Zentropa train line. Leopold's wish is to be neutral to the ongoing purges of loyalists by Allied forces and do what he can to help a hurting country, but ultimately finds himself being used by both sides.

Trailer

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Streaming availability

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Cast

Jean-Marc Barr

Leopold Kessler

Barbara Sukowa

Katharina Hartmann

Udo Kier

Lawrence Hartmann

Ernst-Hugo Järegård

Uncle Kessler

Erik Mørk

Pater

Jørgen Reenberg

Max Hartmann

Henning Jensen

Siggy

Eddie Constantine

Colonel Harris

Max von Sydow

Narrator (voice)

Benny Poulsen

Steleman

Erno Müller

Seifert

Dietrich Kuhlbrodt

Inspector

Holger Perfort

Mr. Ravenstein

Anne Werner Thomsen

Mrs. Ravenstein

Hardy Rafn

Man in Housecoat

Cæcilia Holbek Trier

Maid

János Herskó

Jewish Man

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Talila

Jewish Wife

Claus Flygare

Father

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Jon Ledin

American Soldier

Crew

Art

• Søren Gam Property Master
• Peter Grant Property Master
• Emil Kostecki Property Master
• Bogdan Piotrowski Property Master
• Simone Grau Roney Assistant Property Master
• Finn Skovgaard Storyboard Artist
• Kazimierz Styś Property Master
• Gitte Zehngraff Assistant Production Design
• John Wexøe Painter
• Andrzej Borecki Production Design
• Henning Bahs Production Design

Camera

• Henning Bendtsen Director of Photography
• Bo Bendtsen Clapper Loader
• Jakob Bonfils Grip
• Jesper Find First Assistant Camera
• Tomasz Habrewicz Assistant Camera
• Rolf Konow Still Photographer
• Jean-Yves Le Poulain Assistant Camera
• Tadeusz Obuchowicz Assistant Camera
• Jacek Stachlewski Camera Operator
• Mike Valentine Underwater Camera
• Edward Kłosiński Director of Photography
• Jean-Paul Meurisse Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Morten Jacobsen Key Makeup Artist
• Małgorzata Brus Wardrobe Assistant
• Hanna Gołębiowska Wardrobe Assistant
• Anna Rychlik Wardrobe Assistant
• Helena Tarnacka Wardrobe Assistant
• Dennis Knudsen Hairstylist
• Jolanta Pruszynska Makeup Artist
• Manon Rasmussen Costume Design
• Isabelle de Araujo Makeup Artist
• Sanne Gravfort Hairstylist

Crew

• Britt Bendixen Choreographer

Directing

• Lars von Trier Director
• Linda Daae Continuity
• Tómas Gislason Continuity
• Lars von Trier Continuity
• Tómas Gislason Assistant Director
• Egon Haase Second Assistant Director
• Elizabeth Frey Harne Second Assistant Director
• Tom Hedegaard First Assistant Director
• Janusz Petelski Assistant Director

Editing

• Hervé Schneid Editor
• Urszula Lesiak Assistant Editor
• Michael Frank Nielsen Color Timer

Lighting

• Andrzej Gierak Lighting Technician
• Jørgen Johansen Electrician
• Ireneusz Kisielewicz Lighting Technician
• Krzysztof Koperski Lighting Technician
• Marek Modzelewski Lighting Technician
• Thomas Neivelt Lighting Technician
• Søren Sørensen Lighting Technician
• Roman Taborski Lighting Technician
• Henryk Wingert Lighting Technician

Production

• Annette Grunnet Casting Coordinator
• Rie Hedegaard Casting Coordinator
• Isabelle Arcay Production Assistant
• Ewa Borek Production Assistant
• Erik Crone Production Assistant
• Józef Jarosz Production Assistant
• Julian Jencquel Production Runner
• Lisbet Matz Production Assistant
• Zdzisław Sajuk Production Assistant
• Monica Steenberg Production Assistant
• Philippe Bober Associate Producer
• François Duplat Executive Producer

Sound

• Joachim Holbek Original Music Composer
• Philippe Fabbri Boom Operator
• Carl Aage Hansen Sound Effects
• Per Meinertsen Sound Engineer
• Julien Naudin Sound Effects
• John Nielsen Boom Operator
• Per Streit Sound Designer
• Pierre Excoffier Sound Recordist
• Thomas Krag Sound Editor

Visual Effects

• Jan-Erik Sandberg Visual Effects

Writing

• Lars von Trier Screenplay
• Niels Vørsel Screenplay