Europa

Synopsis

Post-World War II Germany lies in ruins. An American man, Leopold Kessler, arrives. He wants to escape his past. He seeks work. His uncle offers a lifeline: a job on the railways. Leopold becomes a sleeping car conductor. He encounters a fractured society. Suspicion and secrets shroud everything. He falls for a mysterious woman. She belongs to a prominent German family. This entanglement pulls him deeper into the country's hidden currents. The journey in "Europa" becomes a psychological descent. He navigates a landscape of guilt and desire. Lines blur between victim and perpetrator. He faces an uncomfortable truth.

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Cast List

Jean-Marc BarrLeopold KesslerBarbara SukowaKatharina HartmannUdo KierLawrence HartmannErnst-Hugo JäregårdUncle KesslerErik MørkPaterJørgen ReenbergMax HartmannHenning JensenSiggyEddie ConstantineColonel HarrisMax von SydowNarrator (voice)Benny PoulsenStelemanErno MüllerSeifertDietrich KuhlbrodtInspector