Rather than watching this piece of garbage, watch one of these great WWII films instead: 
The Pianist
Inglourious Basterds
Ida
Fury
Son of Saul
Come and See

GAY SUBTEXT!

I really liked this. It's funny but in the way you still feel very deep and sympathetic about it and it's dark and chilling at other times when Salomon is running for his life. It's nice every so often to experience a war movie where there's minimal fighting through battle and more fighting for identity and a hope at living through the worst moments in history.

This true life story is a remarkable tale of courage under duress..It's impossible to imagine how an individual could survive such a situation..Powerful performances and heartbreaking.

we watched this in my 9th grade history class and i remember the penis scene causing quite a ruckus

25시인줄 알았는데 포레스트 검프...

I had pretty low expectations for this film, given its gaudy theatrical trailer and commercial success in America, but Europa Europa turned out to be one of the better WWII films I have had the pleasure of seeing. Reminiscent of Come and See in that our protagonist, also an adolescent, falls through the cracks of the war meeting all kinds of different characters and having all manner of horrible experiences along the way. Also like Come and See, a large portion of this film is set in Belarus.

I am at a loss for criticism- this was a solid cinematic experience with very little to detract from it.

This film is a little ridiculous. Well, the story cannot be faulted here, as it is based on a true life, and we know, life is full of surprises in this case abnormally. But the editing is what brings this movie down. There is no room for breathing, no time for the scene to cool down within us, just abrupt cuts from one event to another. What else to say, well.. Delpy is very young and so sweet, even with all her homicidal tendencies, that scene in the classroom is a hilarious showcase of Nazi's backward ideology and it made me well all kinds of pain in my crotch region.

Now this movie, this movie understands the thin line between farce and tragedy and straddles it like a master violinist skirting the edge in one of those crazy Mozart compositions where everything feels like it could go off the rail at any moment but it never quite does. A true story so nuts that it almost seems unbelievable, this is a fictional retelling of a Jewish teen from Germany who during WWII manages to get to Russia where he ends up in a Soviet orphanage, then convinces invading Germans that he's an Aryan and translates for them and then ends up in a Hitler Youth training academy and survives the war that way before emigrating to Palestine. It's ludicrous and sad and also quite funny at times, never forgetting the dark absurdity of the story. And hey, surprise young Julie Delpy performance! Completely excellent directing job by Agnieszka Holland.

*copy and pastes review for Lion*

Gran película pese a la odiosa de Julie Delpy.

Prior to watching the film I wasn't aware that this was actually based on a true story. So now I know that a lot of what's in the film has some real-life basis to it. However, if I have to judge the film objectively without the knowledge that it is based on a true story influencing my thoughts, I have to say I found 'Europa Europa' to be far too glossy, contrived and unfortunately mediocre. So many of the problems and challenges get dealt with either through coincidences or overly simplistic resolutions. The film has interesting ideas and themes about the loss of identity for the sake of survival while face great adversity, there are also some very well directed scenes and shots, but in an overall sense, I found 'Europa Europa' to be a little too underwhelming.

very good film