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The Resource Europa, director, Lars von Trier ; a Danish-French-Swedish coproduction ; produced by Gunnar Obel & Nordisk Fils & TV A/S, Gerard Mital Productions, PCC, WMG, The Swedish Film Institute ; producers, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Bo Christensen ; screenplay, Lars von Trier & Niels Vørsel

Europa, director, Lars von Trier ; a Danish-French-Swedish coproduction ; produced by Gunnar Obel & Nordisk Fils & TV A/S, Gerard Mital Productions, PCC, WMG, The Swedish Film Institute ; producers, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Bo Christensen ; screenplay, Lars von Trier & Niels Vørsel

Narrator
Contributor
Summary
"American pacifist Leopold Kessler stumbles into a job as a sleeping-car conductor for the Zentropa railways in a Kafkaesque postwar Frankfurt"--Container
Language
  • ger
  • eng
  • eng
  • ger
  • ger
Work
Publication
Edition
Special edition double-disc set
Extent
2 videodiscs (107 min.)
Note
  • Originally released as a feature film in 1991
  • Wide screen (2.35:1)
  • Accompanying booklet includes the essay Night train by film critic Howard Hampton
  • Special features (disc one): optional audio commentary (in Danish with optional English subtitles) by director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbaek Jensen; The making of Europa (documentary;1991); original theatrical trailer
  • Special features (disc two): Trier's element (documentary; 1991); Anecdotes from Europa (short documentary; 2005); From Dreyer to Von Trier (interview with director of photography Henning Bendtsen; 2005); The emotional music script (interview with composer Joachim Holbek; 2005); Lars von Trier--anecdotes (short documentary; 2005); A conversation with Lars von Trier (interview about the "Europa triology" conducted by Danish journalist Bo Green Jensen; 2005); Europa : the faecal location (short film by Tómas Gislason, based on footage filmed on location during the shooting of Europa in 1990; 2005)
Isbn
9781604651027
Instance
Label
Europa
Title
Europa
Statement of responsibility
director, Lars von Trier ; a Danish-French-Swedish coproduction ; produced by Gunnar Obel & Nordisk Fils & TV A/S, Gerard Mital Productions, PCC, WMG, The Swedish Film Institute ; producers, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Bo Christensen ; screenplay, Lars von Trier & Niels Vørsel
Title variation
Zentropa
Contributor
Actor
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film distributor
Film producer
Narrator
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • ger
  • eng
  • eng
  • ger
  • ger
Summary
"American pacifist Leopold Kessler stumbles into a job as a sleeping-car conductor for the Zentropa railways in a Kafkaesque postwar Frankfurt"--Container
Member of
Awards note
Winner Catalonian Film Festival, Best Film 1991 & Best Cinematography 1991
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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Credits note
Directors of photography, Henning Bendtsen, Jean-Paul Meurisse, Edward Klosinsky ; music, Joakim Holbek ; editor, Hervé Schneid
Language note
In English and German (Dolby digital stereo) with optional English subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
PerformerNote
Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Erik Mørk, Jørgen Reenberg, Henning Jensen, Eddie Constantine ; narrator, Max Von Sydow
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1956-
  • 1956-
  • 1937-
  • 1927-2002,
  • 1929-2020,
  • 1960-
  • 1950-
  • 1928-1998,
  • 1927-
  • 1943-
  • 1917-1993,
  • 1925-2011,
  • 1943-2008,
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  • Trier, Lars von
  • Jensen, Peter Aalbæk
  • Christensen, Bo
  • Obel, Gunnar
  • Vørsel, Niels,
  • Sydow, Max von
  • Barr, Jean-Marc
  • Sukowa, Barbara
  • Kier, Udo,
  • Järegård, Ernst-Hugo
  • Mørk, Erik,
  • Reenberg, Jørgen
  • Jensen, Henning
  • Constantine, Eddie
  • Bendtsen, Henning
  • Meurisse, Jean-Paul,
  • Kłosiński, Edward
  • Schneid, Hervé,
  • Holbek, Joachim,
  • Nordic Film/TV Association,
  • Gérard Mital Productions,
  • PCC (Firm)
  • WMG film
  • Svenska filminstitutet,
  • Janus Films,
  • Criterion Collection (Firm),
Runtime
107
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
454
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Denazification
  • Germany
  • Nazis
  • German Americans
  • Germany
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Europa, director, Lars von Trier ; a Danish-French-Swedish coproduction ; produced by Gunnar Obel & Nordisk Fils & TV A/S, Gerard Mital Productions, PCC, WMG, The Swedish Film Institute ; producers, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Bo Christensen ; screenplay, Lars von Trier & Niels Vørsel
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a feature film in 1991
  • Wide screen (2.35:1)
  • Accompanying booklet includes the essay Night train by film critic Howard Hampton
  • Special features (disc one): optional audio commentary (in Danish with optional English subtitles) by director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbaek Jensen; The making of Europa (documentary;1991); original theatrical trailer
  • Special features (disc two): Trier's element (documentary; 1991); Anecdotes from Europa (short documentary; 2005); From Dreyer to Von Trier (interview with director of photography Henning Bendtsen; 2005); The emotional music script (interview with composer Joachim Holbek; 2005); Lars von Trier--anecdotes (short documentary; 2005); A conversation with Lars von Trier (interview about the "Europa triology" conducted by Danish journalist Bo Green Jensen; 2005); Europa : the faecal location (short film by Tómas Gislason, based on footage filmed on location during the shooting of Europa in 1990; 2005)
Accompanying material
1 booklet (11 pages : portraits)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
270775496
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special edition double-disc set
Extent
2 videodiscs (107 min.)
Isbn
9781604651027
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
715515034029
Other physical details
sound, color with black and white sequences
Publisher number
CC1784D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format; stereo, widescreen
Terms governing use
  • Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
  • Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Europa, director, Lars von Trier ; a Danish-French-Swedish coproduction ; produced by Gunnar Obel & Nordisk Fils & TV A/S, Gerard Mital Productions, PCC, WMG, The Swedish Film Institute ; producers, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Bo Christensen ; screenplay, Lars von Trier & Niels Vørsel
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a feature film in 1991
  • Wide screen (2.35:1)
  • Accompanying booklet includes the essay Night train by film critic Howard Hampton
  • Special features (disc one): optional audio commentary (in Danish with optional English subtitles) by director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbaek Jensen; The making of Europa (documentary;1991); original theatrical trailer
  • Special features (disc two): Trier's element (documentary; 1991); Anecdotes from Europa (short documentary; 2005); From Dreyer to Von Trier (interview with director of photography Henning Bendtsen; 2005); The emotional music script (interview with composer Joachim Holbek; 2005); Lars von Trier--anecdotes (short documentary; 2005); A conversation with Lars von Trier (interview about the "Europa triology" conducted by Danish journalist Bo Green Jensen; 2005); Europa : the faecal location (short film by Tómas Gislason, based on footage filmed on location during the shooting of Europa in 1990; 2005)
Accompanying material
1 booklet (11 pages : portraits)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
270775496
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special edition double-disc set
Extent
2 videodiscs (107 min.)
Isbn
9781604651027
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
715515034029
Other physical details
sound, color with black and white sequences
Publisher number
CC1784D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format; stereo, widescreen
Terms governing use
  • Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
  • Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Video recording format
DVD

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