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Lars von Trier's Europa is a worthy echo of The Third Man, about an American coming to post-World War II Europe and finds himself entangled in a dangerous mystery.

Jean-Marc Barr plays Leopold Kessler, a German-American who refused to join the US Army during the war, arrives in Frankfurt as soon as the war is over to work with his uncle as a sleeping car conductor on the Zentropa Railway. What he doesn't know is the war is still secretly going on with an underground terrorist group called the Werewolves who target American allies. Leopold is strongly against taking any sides, but is drawn in and seduced by Katharina Hartmann (Barbara Sukowa), the femme fatale daughter of the owner of the railway company. Her father was a Nazi sympathizer, but is pardoned by the American Colonel Harris (Eddie Considine) because he can help get the German transportation system up and running again. The colonel soon enlists, or forces, Leopold to be a spy (without giving him a choice or chance to think about it) to see if the Werewolves might carry out attacks on the trains.

Soon, Leopold is stuck in an adventure by being involved with both sides of the conflict in a mysterious and film noir-ish way, where everyone and everything is not what it seems. Its amazing to watch the naive Leopold deal with everything (his lover, the terrorists, the colonel, annoying passengers, his disgruntled uncle, even the railway company's officials who come to examine his work ethic) before he finally boils over and humorously and violently takes control. The film is endlessly unpredictable.

The film stylishly shot, it always takes place at night during the winter with lots of falling snow. Its shot in black and white with shots of color randomly appearing throughout. Also, background screens displaying images that counter act with the images up front. Add Max von Sydow's hypnotic narration, and Europa becomes a dreamlike place that's out of this world.

This is now a personal favorite film of mine.
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Bestäm stämningen: Lars von Triers Europa är ett värdigt eko av Den tredje människan, om en amerikan som kommer till Europa efter andra världskriget och finner sig insnärjd i ett farligt mysterium. Jean-Marc Barr spelar Leopold Kessler, en tysk-amerikan som vägrade gå med i USA:s armé under kriget, anländer till Frankfurt så snart kriget är över för att arbeta med sin farbror som sovvagnskonduktör på Zentropabanan. Vad han inte vet är att kriget fortfarande pågår i hemlighet med en underjordisk terroristgrupp som heter Varulvarna som riktar sig mot amerikanska allierade. Leopold är starkt emot att ta några parti, men dras in och förförs av Katharina Hartmann (Barbara Sukowa), femme fatale dotter till järnvägsbolagets ägare. Hennes far var nazistsympatisör, men benådas av den amerikanske överste Harris (Eddie Considine) eftersom han kan hjälpa till att få igång det tyska transportsystemet igen. Översten tar snart värvning, eller tvingar Leopold att vara spion (utan att ge honom ett val eller en chans att tänka på det) för att se om varulvarna skulle kunna genomföra attacker på tågen. Snart fastnar Leopold i ett äventyr genom att på ett mystiskt och film noiriskt sätt vara inblandad i båda sidor av konflikten, där alla och allt inte är vad det verkar. Dess förbluffande att se den naive Leopold ta itu med allt (hans älskare, terroristerna, översten, irriterande passagerare, hans missnöjda farbror, även järnvägsbolagets tjänstemän som kommer för att undersöka hans arbetsmoral) innan han slutligen kokar om och humoristiskt och våldsamt tar kontroll. Filmen är oändligt oförutsägbar. Filmen stilfullt filmad, den utspelar sig alltid nattetid under vintern med massor av fallande snö. Dess skott i svart och vitt med skott av färg slumpmässigt visas i hela. Dessutom bakgrundsskärmar som visar bilder som räknar agerar med bilderna framför. Lägg till Max von Sydows hypnotiska berättarröst, och Europa blir en drömlik plats som är utom denna värld. Det här är nu en personlig favoritfilm. ALTERNATIV: - negativ - positiv
Decide the mood: Lars von Triers Europa is a worthy echo by The Third Man, about an American who comes to Europe after World War II and finds himself entangled in a dangerous mystery. Jean-Marc Barr plays Leopold Kessler, a German-American who refused to join the U.S. Army during the war, arrives in Frankfurt as soon as the war is over to work with his uncle as a sleeping-car conductor on the Zentropa track. What he doesn't know is that the war is still going on in secret with an underground terrorist group called the Werewolfs targeting American allies. Leopold is strongly opposed to taking any party, but is withdrawn and seduced by Katharina Hartmann (Barbara Sukowa), femme fatale daughter of the railway company's owner. Her father was a Nazi sympathiser, but is pardoned by American Colonel Harris (Eddie Considine) because he can help get the German transport system back on track. The colonel soon enlists, or forces Leopold to be a spy (without giving him a choice or a chance to think about it) to see if the werewolves could carry out attacks on the trains. Soon Leopold gets caught up in an adventure by being mysteriously and filmly involved in both sides of the conflict, where everyone and everything is not what it seems. Its astounding to see the naïve Leopold deal with everything (his lovers, the terrorists, the colonel, annoying passengers, his disgruntled uncle, even railway company officials coming to investigate his work ethic) before finally cooking and humorously and violently taking control. The film is infinitely unpredictable. The film is stylishly filmed, it always takes place at night during winter with lots of falling snow. Its shots in black and white with shots of color randomly displayed throughout. In addition, back screens that display images that expect to act with the images in front. Add Max von Sydow's hypnotic narration, and Europe becomes a dreamlike place that is outside this world. This is now a personal favorite film. ALTERNATIVE: - negative - positive
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positive