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Europa Europa
1990
· Movie
· 112 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Every rating
72–95
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95.
See the most agreed on films →A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.
Details
- Director
- Agnieszka Holland
- Writers
- Agnieszka Holland, Paul Hengge
- Released
- 14 November 1990
- Country
- France, Germany, Poland
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $5.6M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 13 →1 major award won · 8 wins from 13 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1990 | Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Academy Awards 1990 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Agnieszka Holland | Nominee |
| 20/20 Awards 1990 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1990 | Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| British Academy Film Awards 1990 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Artur Brauner, Margaret Ménégoz, and Agnieszka Holland | Nominee |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1990 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee | |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1990 | Best Foreign Film | Winner | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1990 | Best Music Score | Zbigniew Preisner | Winner |
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Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Agnieszka Holland | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| Top Foreign Language Films | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Music Score | Zbigniew Preisner | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Viareggio Europa Cinema Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Agnieszka Holland | Winner |
20/20 Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Artur Brauner, Margaret Ménégoz, and Agnieszka Holland | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Political Film Society Awards
1 nomination
| Human Rights | Nominee |