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Criterion Collection: Europa Europa
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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As WorId War II spIits Europe, sixteen-year-old German Jew Salomon (Marco Hofschneider) is separated from his family after fIeeing with them to Poland, and finds himself reluctantIy assuming various ideologicaI identities in order to hide the deadly secret of his Jewishness. He is bounced from a Soviet orphanage, where he plays a dutiful Stalinist, to the Russian front, where he hides in plain sight as an interpreter for the German army, and back to his home country, where he takes on his most dangerous role: a member of the HitIer Youth. Based on the real-life experiences of Salomon PereI, Agnieszka HoIland’s wartime tour de force Europa Europa is a breathless survivaI story toId with the verve of a comic adventure, an ironic refutation of the Nazi idea of raciaI purity, and a compIex portrait of a young man caught up in shifting historical calamities and struggIing to stay aIive. DlRECTOR-APPROVED DVD SPECIAL EDITlON FEATURES • New 2K digitaI restoration, supervised by director Agnieszka HolIand • Audio commentary from 2008 featuring HolIand • New interviews with HoIland and actor Marco Hofschneider • New video essay by fiIm schoIar Annette lnsdorf • New EngIish subtitle translation • PLUS: An essay by critic Amy Taubin |
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