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Europa (film)
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Europa (also known as Zentropa), is the title of Lars von Trier's third theatrical feature film, released in 1991. Co-written by von Trier and Niels Vørsel, it tells the story of a young, idealistic American who hopes to "show some kindness" to the German people soon after the end of World War II. In US-occupied Germany, he takes work as a sleeping car conductor for the Zentropa railway network, falls in love with a femme fatale, and becomes embroiled in a pro-Nazi terrorist conspiracy.
The film, which was released worldwide as Europa but was called Zentropa in America in order to avoid confusion with Europa Europa, won three awards at the Cannes Film Festival (Best Artistic Contribution, Jury Prize, and Technical Grand Prize). Upon realizing that he did not win the Palme d'Or, von Trier gave the judges the finger and stormed out of the venue.
The film employs an
experimental style of cinema; combining largely
black and white visuals with occasional intrusions of
colour (two years before
Schindler's List featured the same effect), having actors interact with
rear-projected footage, and layering different images over one another to
surreal effect. The film's characters, music, dialogue, and plot are self-consciously
melodramatic and
ironically imitative of
film noir conventions.
Von Trier's production company, Zentropa Entertainments, is named after the sinister railway network featured in this film.
