Europa was part of a trilogy of films that began with a film released in what year?
The Element of Crime The Element of Crime is a 1984 Danish neo-noir crime art film co-written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is the first feature film directed by Trier and the first installment of the director's Europa trilogy – comprising "Epidemic" (1987) and "Europa" (1991).
A.D. (miniseries) A.D. (1985) is a British/Italian miniseries in six parts which adapts the narrative in the "Acts of the Apostles". Considered as the third and final installment in a TV miniseries trilogy which began with "Moses the Lawgiver" (1974) and Franco Zeffirelli's "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977), it was adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel "The Kingdom of the Wicked", which was itself a sequel to Burgess's book "Man of Nazareth", on which was based Zeffirelli's movie. The title is the abbreviation for "Anno Domini" (Medieval Latin, "In the year of the Lord"), as the events occur in the first years of the Christian Era.