World War II had finished, but it left indelible marks.
Director: Lars von Trier
Producer: Bo Christensen, Peter Aalbæk Jensen
A young, idealist American gets a job as a train conductor for the Zentropa railway network in postwar, US-occupied Frankfurt. As various people try to take advantage of him, he soon finds his position politically sensitive, and gets caught up in a whirlpool of conspiracies and Nazi sympathisers.
113 min
Rating: 7.336/10
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Top Cast
Jean-Marc Barr
Leopold Kessler
Barbara Sukowa
Katharina Hartmann
Udo Kier
Lawrence Hartmann
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Uncle Kessler
Erik Mørk
Pater
Jørgen Reenberg
Max Hartmann
Movie Info
Director: Lars von Trier
Producer: Bo Christensen, Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Production Companies: Gérard Mital Productions, Nordisk Film Denmark, WMG Film, Svenska Filminstitutet, UGC
Countries: Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden
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Charles Tatum:
Goodtropa. One thing you can say about this film is you have never seen anything like it before. Most chilling is the soundtrack, although von Trier does over-direct once in a while. I did appreciate this more than his "Breaking the Waves."