Europa Europa

About Europa Europa

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.

Europa Europa is a 1990 history war film directed by Agnieszka Holland. Its themes are based on memoir or autobiography, children in wartime, hitler youth, and jewry.

Marco Hofschneider appears as Salomon 'Sally' Perel, André Wilms as Robert, Ashley Wanninger as Eric, and Klaus Abramowsky as Salomon's Father. It runs 112 minutes and was released in November 1990.

The screenplay is by Agnieszka Holland and Paul Hengge. In the United States it streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Lore, Jojo Rabbit, and The Pianist make useful companions to Europa Europa, all filed under nazi and world war ii. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 291 votes and it carries a R rating.