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This drama was based on the true story of a young German Jew who survived the Holocaust by falling in with the Nazis. Solomon Perel (Marco Hofschneider) is the son of a Jewish shoe salesman coming of age in Germany during the rise of Adolf Hitler. In 1938, a group of Nazis attack Solomon's family home; his sister is killed, and .. Read more

Starring	Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, Klaus Abramowsky, Michele Gleizer
Director	Agnieszka Holland
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- "...[EUROPA, EUROPA] brings new immediacy to the outrage by locating specific, wrenching details....Several remarkable episodes..."
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- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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  An Intriguing tale, let down by heavy-handed direction
  
  'Europa Europa' is the story of Salomon Perel(Marco Hofschneider), a young Jew who survived the war by passing himself of as an Aryan German. The film ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 20 May 2004 at 22:48
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  Fast-paced film with wonderful layers of irony
  
  Europa Europa's biggest strength and weakness lies in the speed in which events unfold.
  
  We are taken on a wild ride through Solomon Perel's ... read more »
  
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- - Filmyup
  - 9 reviews
  - 28 Sep 2011 at 18:45
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  A Film AT ITS BEST Europe At It's Worst
  
  This movie was powerful in it’s telling I watched with angst every time Solomon was almost caught. It brings home just how evil the Nazi Party were, ... read more »
  
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- - SammyWoof
  - 31 reviews
  - Southampton
  - 19 Nov 2010 at 16:11
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  The Jewish Nazi
  
  This is a really amazing film which tells the true story of a young Jewish boy who became a member of the Hitler Youth. Superbly acted (and refreshingly the ... read more »
  
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- - insomniac
  - 60 reviews
  - Malvern
  - 04 Oct 2010 at 21:23
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  Europa Europa
  
  An excellent film portrayin the horrific uprising of the Nazis, and one boys fight to keep alive. Very well acted and the subtitles added to the realism of the ... read more »
  
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- - seabiscuit
  - 38 reviews
  - Suffolk
  - 02 Oct 2010 at 12:27
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  A great war movie
  
  I would certainly recommend this fact based drama, very well acted and a really fasinating tale a a young German Jew.
  
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- - kartum
  - 206 reviews
  - west lothian
  - 13 Sep 2010 at 15:42
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  A very good film
  
  Yet another brilliant survival story from the WWII. It was interesting film and the story was amazing. Of course in places it was sad but it also had some dry ... read more »
  
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- - finnchick
  - 8 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Sep 2010 at 15:09
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  Chilling reality
  
  I understand this is a true story and it was very gripping. It shows the horrific effects of war and how families can be devastated by what happens. It also... read more »
  
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  - Abingdon
  - 09 Jul 2010 at 23:22
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  A tale of irony and survival
  
  German film with subtitles. Marco Hofschneider gives an excellent performance as the Jew who has to conceal his identity from Germans, Poles and Russians ... read more »
  
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- - Dungbeetle
  - 503 reviews
  - London
  - 29 Apr 2010 at 09:13
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  Europa Europa
  
  Absolute waste of time.
  
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  - Bedfordshire
  - 25 Jan 2010 at 15:23
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  Superb - well worth watching!
  
  This is a quite superb movie and should not be missed. The sequences involving the casual murder of Jews and other refugees as the Red Army retreats from ... read more »
  
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  - Surrey
  - 20 Sep 2009 at 23:35
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  An Intriguing tale, let down by heavy-handed direction
  
  'Europa Europa' is the story of Salomon Perel(Marco Hofschneider), a young Jew who survived the war by passing himself of as an Aryan German. The film ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 20 May 2004 at 22:48
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  Excellent Foreign Language Film
  
  This really was a surprise. The film really plays with your mind, finding moments of mirth, love & hope amid the horrors of the Nazi reign of terror in the ... read more »
  
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- - YorkshireBok
  - East Yorkshire
  - 17 Feb 2004 at 21:38
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  Very moving, showing a...
  
  Very moving, showing a very interesting side to the Holocoust. I would especially recommend it for teenagers to watch.
  
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- - kev4197#1
  - ILFORD
  - 30 Dec 2003 at 19:48
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  A different angle on the Holocaust
  
  I was moved to see this film by its showing in the recent Channel 4 Top 100 War Movies, and it was worth its place in that poll.
  
  It's a very ... read more »
  
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  - Abingdon, Oxfordshire
  - 30 May 2005 at 12:17
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  Very moving
  
  Once again we have made a good choice. This film is very moving - tension all through but interspersed with humour.
  
  The young actor is superb and the... read more »
  
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- - crispin40
  - 530 reviews
  - Stirling, Scotland
  - 21 Jul 2005 at 22:08
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  german forest gump ?
  
  really dont know what to make of this was it supposed to be serious or not. Kept thinking the director was winking at the audience metaphorically all the way ... read more »
  
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- - paul
  - london
  - 12 Aug 2006 at 23:10
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  Not quite as good as I'd been led to believe
  
  I'm pretty sure that there's a poster on this forum recommends this on a regular basis as one of their favourite films of all-time. It was based on the ... read more »
  
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  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 25 Mar 2006 at 09:04
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  excellent movie
  
  Hard to believe that this is based on a true story given the history. A great movie and would recommend it to all.
  
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  - london, England
  - 26 Aug 2005 at 10:24
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  Fascinating but implausible
  
  Are we to admire the course of action chosen by this tiresome bubble-lipped boy protagonist? In my opinion, the actor is too vulnerably baby-faced to portray ... read more »
  
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- - Alison Pearce
  - Winchester, England
  - 21 Sep 2005 at 23:35
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  Excellent war drama
  
  The story of a Jewish boy first hiding in the ranks of the Bolsheviks in Poland than among the Hitler Youth in Germany is one that is interesting to say the ... read more »
  
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- - SamFromMaidenhead
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  - Maidenhead
  - 25 May 2006 at 09:59

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- Europa Europa
  
  This drama was based on the true story of a young German Jew who survived the Holocaust by falling in with the Nazis. Solomon Perel (Marco Hofschneider) is the son of a Jewish shoe salesman coming of age in Germany during the rise of Adolf Hitler. In 1938, a group of Nazis attack Solomon's family ...