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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1991 DVD Release: 03/04/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: French, German, Russian Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 54 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 16 Genres: Drama, Tragi-comedy, War Drama, Coming-of-Age

This drama was based on the true story of a young German Jew who survived the Holocaust by falling in with the Nazis. Solomon Perel (Marco Hofschneider) is the son of a Jewish shoe salesman coming of age in Germany during the rise of Adolf Hitler. In 1938, a group of Nazis attack Solomon's family home; his sister is killed, and 13-year-old Solomon flees to Poland. Solomon winds up in an orphanage operated by Stalinist forces; when German forces storm Poland, Solomon's fluent German allows him to join the Nazis as a translator, posing as Josef Peters, an ethnic German. In time, "Peters" is made a member of the elite Hitler Youth, but since Solomon is circumcised, he can be easily revealed as a Jew, and he lives in constant fear that his secret will be discovered. Solomon's close calls include an attempted seduction by Robert Kellerman (André Wilms), a homosexual officer, and his relationship with Leni (Julie Delpy), a beautiful but violently anti-Semitic woman who wants to bear his child for the glory of the master race. Europa, Europa (shown in Europe as Hitlerjunge Salomon) also features the real Solomon Perel, who appears briefly as himself. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Marco Hofschneider - Young Solomon Perel
Julie Delpy - Leni
René Hofschneider - Isaac Perel
André Wilms - Robert Kellerman
Piotr Kozlowski - David Perel
Aschley Wanninger - Eric
Hanns Zischler - Captain von Lereneau

Based on the autobiography of Solomon Perel, Agnieszka Holland's unforgettable WWII drama Europa, Europa comes to DVD from MGM with a widescreen anamorphic transfer. The Dolby Digital Mono soundtrack is rendered in the French, Russian, and German. Optional subtitles are available in English, Spanish, and French. Closed captions are also accessible. Special features are limited to the original theatrical trailer and trailers for other MGM titles. This is an adequate presentation of a historically important film. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide