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Europa Europa
Agnieszka Holland, who directed Angry Harvest, here again seeks out the gray areas of the Holocaust: a survival tale of a pragmatic young Jew who first passes himself off as a Communist, then as a Nazi. It is based (here also again) on a true story -- that of Salomon Perel -- and the director's eye for the authentic detail is rendered pretty much useless in the rush of incredible events, sometimes too literally incredible, too hard to swallow, too tall. Some powerful images struggle through: the swastika at the bottom of the Hitler Youth swimming pool, the keyhole-sized glimpse of the Jewish ghetto through a whitewashed bus window. Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy. 1991.
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MPAA Rating: R