Europa
“You will now listen to my voice . . . On the count of ten you will be in Europa.” Max von Sydow’s ominous, hypnotic induction inaugurates the entrancing final installment of Lars von Trier’s Europe Trilogy. An idealistic American (Jean-Marc Barr) travels to postwar Germany to take a job as a sleeping-car conductor for the Zentropa railways—and finds himself plunged into a murky, Kafkaesque world of intrigue and betrayal where the shadow of Nazism hovers menacingly over everything. With its ravishing cinematography (in black and white, color, and at times a stunning mix of both), dreamlike use of rear projections, and lush fusion of melodrama and noir conventions, Europa is a sublimely stylized cinematic fugue.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration, approved by director Lars von Trier, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- Audio commentaries featuring von Trier, producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen, and actors Jean-Marc Barr and Udo Kier
- Making-of documentary from 1991
- Documentary from 1991 featuring an interview with von Trier and footage from the set as well as the film’s Cannes premiere and press conference
- Interview from 2005 with von Trier about the Europe Trilogy
- Programs featuring interviews with film scholar Peter Schepelern and many of von Trier’s collaborators
- Trailer
- English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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Collector's Set
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration, approved by director Lars von Trier, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- Audio commentaries featuring von Trier, producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen, and actors Jean-Marc Barr and Udo Kier
- Making-of documentary from 1991
- Documentary from 1991 featuring an interview with von Trier and footage from the set as well as the film’s Cannes premiere and press conference
- Interview from 2005 with von Trier about the Europe Trilogy
- Programs featuring interviews with film scholar Peter Schepelern and many of von Trier’s collaborators
- Trailer
- English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Cast
- Jean-Marc Barr
- Leopold Kessler
- Barbara Sukowa
- Katharina Hartmann
- Udo Kier
- Lawrence Hartmann
- Ernst-Hugo Järegård
- Uncle Kessler
- Erik Mørk
- Father
- Jørgen Reenberg
- Max Hartmann
- Henning Jensen
- Siggy
- Eddie Constantine
- Colonel Harris
- Max von Sydow
- Narrator
- Lars von Trier
- Jew
Credits
- Director
- Lars von Trier
- Producer
- Peter Aalbæk Jensen
- Producer
- Bo Christensen
- Executive producer
- Gérard Mital
- Executive producer
- Gunnar Obel
- Executive producer
- Patrick Godeau
- Executive producer
- François Duplat
- Screenplay
- Lars von Trier
- Screenplay
- Niels Vørsel
- Director of photography
- Henning Bendtsen
- Director of photography
- Jean-Paul Meurisse
- Director of photography
- Edward Kłosiński
- Production design
- Henning Bahs
- Composer
- Joachim Holbek
- Costume designer
- Manon Rasmussen
- Editor
- Hervé Schneid
- Sound designer
- Per Streit Jensen
- Sound recordist
- Pierre Excoffier
- Shooting script
- Lars von Trier
- Shooting script
- Tómas Gislason
- First assistant director
- Tom Hedegaard
- Second assistant director
- Elizabeth Frey Harne
- Second assistant director
- Egon Haase
- Production manager
- Lene Nielsen
- Production assistant
- Philippe Bober
- Production assistant
- Erik Crone
- Production supervisor
- Lars Kolvig
- Production supervisor
- Philippe Guez
Trailer for Europa
