Europa Europa (1991)

Outstanding

This is a very good movie. The theme is great and the acting as well. It is based on a true story and is amazing as to the good luck and craftyness of the main character. I highly recommend it. May 29, 2008

A must see movie

This is a very compelling movie, which is a must see, especially by the boomer generation. April 27, 2008

Extremely entertaining!

This story seems very far-fetched but amazingly, it really happend to an actual person. The main character, who is a Jew, convinces Nazi's that he is a "pure German". He ends up as a distinguished Nazi soldier, and eventually a Hitler Youth. He is surrounded by people who want to kill jews and has no choice but to become one of them. He lost his friends and family and makes new friends with Nazis. He even falls in love with a young girl who must never find out who he really is. The only thing that reminds himself of his identity is his circumsized penis. This is also the only proof that exists that he is not really a "pure German". He must go through great lengths to hide his penis. He actually ends up finding two people who know the truth about him but still like him and protect his secret. March 8, 2008

Five stars from the heart

After seeing the film on DVD, deeply moved and enlightened, I turned to the Amazon reviews. Particularly touching for me was that of Amanda Haley who had watched the film with Solomon Perel. The others who gave it five stars have said more than I can in few words, i.e. "it's absolutely wonderful". What distressed me more than any scene of Nazi cruelty in the film were the various commentaries of those who trashed the entire movie.
I'm not Jewish, but again am reminded of the anti-Semitism still thriving in American society...dear to those who deny the existence of their own dark Shadow, according to psychoanalyst Carl Jung, and hence foment the hatred we all claim to decry.
"Europa, Europa" is NOT a documentary. Would we have watched a very important story without the dramatic and emotionally laden moments? I've seen both "Schindler's List" and the documentary on Schindler. Both are very similar and authentic. Why then did the movie touch me more than the latter? The art of cinema is to make those elements of truth resound in our own psyches, and I highly commend Director Holland for shaking us to the core with one of the most important movies ever done on the Holocaust. September 19, 2007

A gem!

Agniezka Holland retakes one of so many stories lived through the bloody WW2. But this time she presents us an epic, courageous and epic (if I may) stoy, about a German-Jewish teenager who could survive in the WW2 concealing his own identity and living as a Nazi citizen during seven long years through three countries. A valorous and worthy to mention anecdote that shows us even in the most horrid and hopeless moments the human soul always finds an occasion to survive.

As a curious fact, the title of this film matched with the film of Lars von Triers, and that was the reason why Europe of the Danish director was modified by Zentropa.
September 18, 2007

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