It would be understandable if Europa Europa were to be found in the fiction section. However, the all-encompassing film is based on a true story. Truth can be be stranger than fiction. Agnieska Holland adeptly wrote for the screen and skillfully directed the remarkable true story of Holocaust survivor Solomon Perel. Marco Hofschneider is wonderful in the complex role of a Jewish teenager who endures unspeakable horrors yet courageously manages to survive. The impressive camera work of Jacek Petrycki skillfully captures the horrors of war. Holocaust denial seems to be in fashion. Europa Europa should be shown in schools to educate students about what really happened in Europe.
Review of Europa Europa
