Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Max Von Sydow

Director: Lars Von Trier

Summary: A young American travels to Germany in 1945 to explore his German heritage. English and German dialogue with subtitles.

Lars von Trier's bizarre yarn concerns Leopold Kessler (Jean-Marc Barr), a German American who becomes involved in a surreal nightmare in postwar Germany. Leopold travels to Germany in order to help restore the ravaged countryside. His uncle (Ernst-Hugo Jaregard) gets him a job as a sleeping-car conductor with a giant railway complex called Zentropa. On his first day, Leopold is seduced by Katharina Hartmann (Barbara Sukowa), who just so happens to be the daughter of Zentropa's owner. Leopold blindly falls for Katharina, unaware that she is about to draw him into a maze of suspense and intrigue involving pro-Nazi terrorists.
Opening with a hypnotizing image of rolling train tracks and a somber voice-over by Max Von Sydow, ZENTROPA unfolds calculatedly and ambiguously. Von Trier employs a series of ingenious technical tricks, using rear projection as well as cutting between color and black and white, in order to give his film a dazzling visual presentation. The result is a mysterious thriller that will beg for a second viewing once the final credits have rolled.

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Aspect Ratio:	Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English, German
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	Star And Director Filmographies, Scene Selection, Original Theatrical Trailer, David Parkinson Film Notes, World Cinema Trailer Reel
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1991
Release Date:	July 29, 2002
Runtime:	107 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	T V D 3380
Keywords:	Subtitled, General, Wide, Screen, German, Drama, Europa, Zentropa
Genre:	Drama