SYNOPSIS
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.
Sections & Films
EUROPE EUROPE
Category: Edition 1991
| Original Title | Europe Europe |
| Italian Title | Europa Europa |
| Category | Official Competition |
| Section | Competition |
| Tipology | Feature Film |
| Duration | 112' |
| Production Year | 1990 |
| Nationality | France, Germany |
| Directed by | Agnieszka Holland |
| Screenplay | Agnieszka Holland |
| Main cast | Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider |
AGNIESZKA HOLLAND
Agnieszka Holland was born 28 of November 1948 in Warsaw but went to Czechoslovakia to study film directing at FAMU in Prague. She began her film career working in Poland with Krzysztof Zanussi as assistant director, and Andrzej Wajda as her mentor. She wrote several scripts with Wajda before directing her own films, which were soon winning awards at festivals - [ Cannes (1980), Gdansk, Berlin (1981), Montreal (1985,1987), Golden Globe Award (1991)] - and gaining notoriety as part of the Polish New Wave. Holland is best known in the United States for her Oscar-Nominated "Angry Harvest", "Europa, Europa", and Warner Bros. fims: "Olivier, Olivier" and the "The Secret Garden".
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