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All the books by Solomon Perel adapted to cinema and television
Solomon Perel is known for being the author of the book Europa, Europa, first published in 1990, which was adapted to cinema by Agnieszka Holland in 1990.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Europa, Europa
Solomon Perel, 1990
movie vs book
Agnieszka Holland, 1990
Solek and his family live in Nazi Germany. On the eve of Solek’s bar mitzvah, Kristallnacht occurs. He escapes, naked, and hides in a barrel. At night, he asks an acquaintance to bring him clothes from his house. She refuses but throws him a leather jacket with a swastika armband. He returns home to his family but his sister is dead, killed by Nazis. His father, who was born in Łódź, Poland, decides to move back there.