Europa Europa is a movie directed by Agnieszka Holland in 1990 and based on the book Europa, Europa: A Memoir of World War II by Solomon Perel, first published in 1990. The movie features Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, Hanns Zischler, André Wilms, Delphine Forest, Andrzej Mastalerz, and others.
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Storyline
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.
Movie vs Book
Year
1990
Minutes
112
Movie Rate
7.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1990
Pages
232
Book Rate
8.42
S: Goodreads
Book
Europa, Europa
Original title: Ich War Hitlerjunge Salomon
Subtitle: A Memoir of World War II
Author: Solomon Perel
Country: Germany
First published in: 1990
Length: 232 pages
Genre: Biography
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“To adapt a book successfully, you must be able to betray it. It's difficult to work on that.”
OLIVIER MASSET-DEPASSE (Filmmaker)
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