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.
Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Erik Mørk, Jørgen Reenberg
Crew: Lars von Trier (Director), Lars von Trier (Screenplay), Hervé Schneid (Editor), Niels Vørsel (Screenplay), Henning Bendtsen (Director of Photography), Bogdan Piotrowski (Property Master)
Country: Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden
Language: Deutsch, Latin, English
Studio: Gérard Mital Productions, Nordisk Film Denmark, WMG Film, Svenska Filminstitutet, UGC
Runtime: 113 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 27, 1991
IMDb: 3.666
Keywords:chess, allies, munich, germany, hypnosis, bridge, employee, frankfurt am main, germany, travel, priest, post world war ii, 1940s
