Europa

Synopsis

Europa (known as Zentropa in North America) is a 1991 epic period drama film directed and co-written by Lars von Trier. A Danish-led production with co-producers from five other European countries, it is Trier's third theatrical feature film, and the third and final installment in his Europa trilogy, following The Element of Crime (1984) and Epidemic (1987). The film features an international ensemble cast, including Germans Barbara Sukowa and Udo Kier, expatriate American Eddie Constantine, and Swedes Max von Sydow and Ernst-Hugo Järegård. This was German-born French-American Jean-Marc Barr's first collaboration of a series of films with Trier. Europa was influenced by Franz Kafka's Amerika, and the title was chosen "as an echo" of that novel. The music, including the main theme, was composed by Trier's then brother-in-law and frequent collaborator Joachim Holbek, who also composed Riget (1994–2022) and Manderlay (2005).

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Details

Type

Movie

Release date

January 1, 1991

Genres

drama film, art film, thriller film, war film

Created by

Lars von Trier

Runtime

112 min

Countries

Switzerland, France, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Spain

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