Aleksiej Awdiejew

This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.

The film is set in 1905, in a time of feverish revolutionary underground activity in Poland partitioned between three neighbours. All the characters are committed anarchists. The bomb maker puts an invention together to place it at the disposal of young inexperienced terrorists fighting against Tsarist oppression. The story follows the passing of this bomb from anarchist to anarchist as several attempts are made on the life of Tsarist governor general, until, at the end, it is effectively and harmlessly defused by a bomb expert. The presence of the bomb has a destroying effect on all of the Polish revolutionaries, they either die or breakdown.

Inspiré des Mémoires de Sally Perel, "Europa Europa" raconte l'itinéraire d'un jeune juif contraint pendant la guerre d'épouser l'idéologie communiste lorsqu'il fuit en Union soviétique, puis celle du nazisme lorsque les Allemands envahissent l'orphelinat où il est refugié. Il en oublie sa propre identité et, pour sauvegarder sa vie, devient même le meilleur élément d'une école d'élite pour la jeunesse allemande.