Europa Page #6

Synopsis: An American of German descent arrives in post-war Germany 1945. His uncle gets him a job on the Zentropa train line as a sleeping car conductor. The American's wish is to be neutral to the ongoing purges of loyalists by the Allied forces and do what he can to help a hurting country, but he finds himself being used by both the Americans and the influential family that owns the railroad. After falling in love with the railroad magnate's daughter, he finds that he can't remain neutral and must make some difficult choices.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Lars von Trier
Production: Criterion Collection
  16 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
1991
112 min
1,334 Views


handed you a green card

filled in like this?

Your clothes are soaked wth sweat

and you are affrad

of fantng.

Come now, can't you see it's

filled in improperly?

Wrong and incomplete!

Your heart s pumpng faster

and faster n panc.

Can I have a glass of water,

please?

Would you like to tell the

examinee the correct answer

to the question?

It's a trick question.

The answer is:

Report the cleaning man

inmediately!

The green card should never be

in the cleaning man's possesion.

Normally, the cleaning man

doesn't keep any papers

for the conductor.

On the contrary, the conductor

must give him a receipt

upon the completion

of his work.

And which form is used

for this?

B, that is correct.

And now a question after

Herr Seifert's heart.

What's stated in paragraph 4,

section 62 in the book of regulations?

You cannot breathe.

On the count of three

you'll fant.

One.

I must inform you

that an open collar is against

the regulations!

Two.

Three.

One second of nfnte rest.

Your uncle was kind enough

to fetch a card for you.

We now want you

to make bed 42.

I have put out the correct number

of bedding covers for you.

You may begin when

I tell you to.

We want you to make it twice

and then we will test the bed.

Are you ready with the clock?

You may begin.

The clock is ticking.

The clock is ticking!

-Stop your automoble!

-Halt!

Stay where you are!

Come back here!

You don't have time for that.

The clock is ticking!

Hurry up, Herr Kessler.

The clock is ticking!

The clock is ticking!

Thank you.

Kate is sitting in

compartment one,

if you wish to talk to her.

Kate.

Excuse me, Colonel,

there must be an error,

my wife is handcuffed.

I'm affraid there is no error,

Leo, I'm sorry.

I once told you that your

connections with the railways

could be of help for me.

You couldn't know that it was

your association

with the Werewolf

Katharina Hartmann

that really interested us.

We needed your help

to keep track of her,

when we found out

it was Kate

who wrote the anonymous letters

of threat to her father.

Tell the Colonel you are not

a Werewolf.

Kate...

Please believe me when I tell you

I really cared for you.

What are you saying?

You know, they say a Werewolf

is only a Werewolf at night.

In the daytime it's human being.

I know I can't make you

understand

what it is that makes a man

turn into an animal

because you don't accept

that it ever happens.

During nights I wrote

the letters to father.

During days, I regretted it.

I didn't want him to die,

but it hurt me so much to see him

bow before the Americans.

And Larry?

He must have followed me

to meeting at the villa.

It was him or us.

So our marriage was just a part

of a plan to blow up this train?

No, that's not true.

I really loved you.

You know, there were times when

all I wanted

was for us to leave and forget

about Germany.

But, Leo, it didn't work

I'm sorry, Leo.

I did what I had to do.

But it's your fault too.

The bridge would have been

so easy for you.

Easy?

Nothing could happen to you.

And all the people

on the train?

What people?

Everybody on this train has been

through the war just like me.

You can't compare yourself to us.

Everybody here has killed

or betrayed,

directly or indirectly,

hundreds of times,

just to survive.

Look into their eyes and you'll see

what I mean.

Kate, you're talking about

an awful crime.

But the way I see it is that

you are the only criminal.

I haven't done anything!

I'm not working for either side!

Exactly.

I'm sorry to say this,

but I've got this rotten feeling

that everyone's been screewing me

ever since I got here.

That makes me mad.

And now it's my turn

to say something!

Herr Asprant...

Herr Kessler!

Would you please come to

compartment nine for a moment?

Excuse me, I was told I could

find the conductor here.

I have a problem.

Is it too much to ask for

a bit of service?

We must be quiet.

The external examiner needs to rest

before we proceed

with the exam.

Let me give you a piece of advice,

Herr Kessler.

In my opinion,

you have only one option.

As soon as Herr Seifert wakes up,

ask him to accompany you

as you go through the train

and apologize to each one

of the travellers.

Think it over.

Conductor!

Those shoes have not

been polished!

Although I wanted them

to be polished!

I'm sure those shoes

are polished.

I don't think so,

I don't see any chalk mark!

Your problem is not important!

You had better be careful!

The emergency brake!

You pulled the emergency brake!

Because I don't want this train

to go to Munich, Bremen,

Frankfurt or f***ing Auschwitz!

I want it to stay right here!

You'll have to excuse me.

I need some time to think.

Isn't this the Neuwied bridge?

Might be. There have been

some diversions.

Back into your compartments!

Now!

Refreshments?

Bed making?

Shoe shine?

You are n a tran n Germany.

Now the tran s snkng.

You wll drown.

On the count of ten

you wll be dead.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Fve.

Sx.

Seven.

Eght.

Nne.

Ten.

In the mornng the sleeper

has found rest

on the bottom of the rver.

The force of the stream has opened

the door and s leadng you on.

Above your body,

people are stll alve.

Follow the rver.

As days go by,

head for the ocean

that mrrors the sky.

You want to wake up,

to free yourself of the mage

of Europa.

But t s not possble.

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Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter with a prolific and controversial career spanning almost four decades. His work is known for its genre and technical innovation; confrontational examination of existential, social, and political issues; and his treatment of subjects such as mercy, sacrifice, and mental health.Among his more than 100 awards and 200 nominations at film festivals worldwide, von Trier has received: the Palme d'Or (for Dancer in the Dark), the Grand Prix (for Breaking the Waves), the Prix du Jury (for Europa), and the Technical Grand Prize (for The Element of Crime and Europa) at the Cannes Film Festival. In March 2017, he began filming The House That Jack Built, an English-language serial killer thriller.Von Trier is the founder and shareholder of the international film production company Zentropa Films, which has sold more than 350 million tickets and garnered seven Academy Award nominations over the past 25 years. more…

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