Europa

Europa

113 mins | Drama | June 27, 1991

Postwar Germany, 1945. Leopold Kessler, an American of German descent, works as a sleeping car conductor for the Zentropa railway line. When he meets Katharina Hartmann, the railroad owner's daughter, and they fall in love, his life intersects with the dark and violent path of a mysterious organization opposed to the United States army military occupation.

Europa

113 mins | Drama | June 27, 1991

Europa
Postwar Germany, 1945. Leopold Kessler, an American of German descent, works as a sleeping car conductor for the Zentropa railway line. When he meets Katharina Hartmann, the railroad owner's daughter, and they fall in love, his life intersects with the dark and violent path of a mysterious organization opposed to the United States army military occupation.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film, Gérard Mital Productions, WMG Film, Euroimages Fund of the Council of Europe, PCC
Original title Europa
Directors Lars von Trier
Writers Niels Vørsel, Lars von Trier

Cast

Jean-Marc Barr

as Leopold Kessler

Barbara Sukowa

as Katharina Hartmann

Udo Kier

as Lawrence Hartmann

Max von Sydow

as Narrator (voice)

Eddie Constantine

as Colonel Harris

Jørgen Reenberg

as Max Hartmann

Erik Mørk

as Pater

Henning Jensen

as Siggy

Ernst-Hugo Järegård

as Uncle Kessler

Leif Magnusson

as Doctor Magnus

Dietrich Kuhlbrodt

as Inspector

Holger Perfort

as Mr. Ravenstein

Anne Werner Thomsen

as Mrs. Ravenstein

Peter Haugstrup

as Piccolo

Erno Müller

as Seifert

Benny Poulsen

as Steleman

Vera Gebuhr

as Depot Assistant

Hardy Rafn

as Man in Housecoat

Baard Owe

as Man with Papers

Else Petersen

as Old Female Assistant

Ben Zimet

as Old Man #1

Tadek Lokcinski

as Old Man #2