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Europa / Produced by Gunnar Obel & Nordisk Films & TV A/S ... [and others] ; producers, Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Bo Christensen ; written by Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel ; directed by Lars von Trier.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 031 482 disc 1-2 + booklet
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LIBRA DVD 008 698 discs 1-2
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 454.
- The Criterion collection ; 454
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Denazification--Germany--Drama.
- Denazification.
- History.
- Germany--History--1945-1955--Drama.
- Germany.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- War films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages : portraits).
- Edition:
- Special edition ; Widescreen edition.
- Other Title:
- Zentropa
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2008.
- Language Note:
- German or English dialogue; English subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD; stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Leo Kessler, an American of German descent, visits Germany in 1945. He works as a night conductor on the Zentropa Railway Line, owned by a Nazi sympathizer. Leo attempts to remain neutral to the ongoing purguing of loyalists by the Allied forces, but he falls in love with the railway magnate's daughter.
- Participant:
- Narrator: Max Von Sydow.
- Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier, Leopold Kessler, Katharina Hartman.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Henning Bendtsen, Jean-Paul Meurisse, Edward Klosinsky; composer, Joakim Holbek; editor, Herve Schneid.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Videodisc release of the 1991 motion picture.
- Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer ; Danish audio commentary with director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbaek Jensen ; original theatrical trailer ; new and improved English subtitle translation ; Trier's Element: a documentary featuring an interview with von Trier as well as footage from Europa's set and its Cannes premiere and press conference ; Anecdotes from Europa: a short documentary featuring interviews with film historian Peter Schepelern, actor Jean-Marc Baar, Aalbaek Jensen, assistant director Tomas Gislason, co-writer Niels Vorsel, and prop master Peter Grant ; additional interviews ; booklet with essay by critic Howard Hampton.
- ISBN:
- 9781604651027
- 1604651024
- OCLC:
- 270775496
- Publisher Number:
- 715515034029
- CC1784D The Criterion Collection
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