Europa Europa

1990 [GERMAN]

Action / Drama / History / War

26
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 90% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 90% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 18442 18.4K

russia nazi jewry world war ii hitler youth based on memoir or autobiography

Plot summary

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.

Director

Agnieszka Holland Photo
Agnieszka Holland

Top cast

Marco Hofschneider Photo
Marco Hofschneider as Sally
Julie Delpy Photo
Julie Delpy as Leni
Hanns Zischler Photo
Hanns Zischler as Captain von Lereneau
Ryszard Pietruski Photo
Ryszard Pietruski as Adolf Hitler
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969.65 MB
1204*720
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles de  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 8
1.73 GB
1792*1072
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles de  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 31

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by rooprect 8 / 10

A really interesting spin on the Holocaust

"Europa Europa" (original title "Hitler Youth Soloman") is the story of a Jewish boy who is separated from his family and ends up assuming different identities (including, yes, a Nazi) to stay alive. What makes this film different from all the Holocaust movies I've seen is that it shows the perspective of the other side. This is NOT done in a sympathetic way but in a way that simply shows what was going on amongst the brainwashed youth and how ordinary humans were coerced into doing the most inhuman things.Our protagonist Soloman (Marco Hofschneider) is played with a wide-eyed innocence, almost like an objective observer, as he navigates the Nazi heirarchy inadvertently making friends wherever he goes. Thus the interesting spin is that the Nazis are shown with more personality than the stone-faced butchers we've come to expect from Holocaust flicks. In fact there is very little Jewish persecution and violence shown since most of the story is set behind the ranks where Soloman is fed the same propaganda and brotherhood that the Hitler youth were fed.The brutality is clear, and as Soloman rises through the ranks he starts to peel away the truth that, no, Jews are not simply being "relocated to Madagascar". In addition he falls for a girl (Julie Delpy) who is a rabid anti-Semite. So the film ends up posing a very interesting point that's applicable to all our lives, regardless of the WW2 context: What do we do if it turns out that our friends & adoptive family turn out to be vile monsters?I highly recommend this movie even if you're not interested in war flicks. It's more like a coming of age story but set in the most horrifying chapter of human history.
Reviewed by lastliberal 8 / 10

Nobody hits a German woman.

Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland (writer and director) put together an outstanding film based on a true story about a Jewish boy who pretended to be Russian and German to avoid capture before embracing his Jewishness at the moment his life was about to end.Marco Hofschneider in his first film was absolutely amazing and you could feel the constant tension that he suffered in trying to hide. To actually get into the Hitler Youth Academy and fall in love with a pure German girl (Julie Delpy) made his predicament all the more exciting.It was also funny seeing him used as an example of an excellent Aryan by the supposedly "scientific" teacher at the school.This is one for your collection.
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