Cinema
Europa Europa
Hitlerjunge Salomon
Agnieszka Holland · 1990
Synopsis
Salomon Perel, a young German Jew born in Peine, flees with his family to Łódź after Kristallnacht. Separated from his family at the start of the war, he finds himself in a Soviet orphanage, where he becomes a model young communist. Captured by the German army, he passes himself off as an ethnic German orphan, Josef, serves as an interpreter, becomes a war hero in spite of himself and is sent to a Hitler Youth school, where he must hide at every moment what he is.
Context
Drawn from Solomon Perel's autobiography, the film was written by the director, produced by Artur Brauner and Margaret Menegoz, and photographed by Jacek Petrycki to a score by Zbigniew Preisner, with Marco Hofschneider and Julie Delpy. A co-production between Germany, France and Poland, spoken mostly in German, it was released in France on 14 November 1990 under the title Europa Europa. Solomon Perel makes a brief appearance in it as himself.
Who it is for
About one hundred and twelve minutes, in German, Russian, Polish, Hebrew and Yiddish; the story is true.
Prizes and reception
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay; one of its author's greatest successes.
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