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 (Screenplay), Hervé Schneid (Editor), Henning Bendtsen (Director of Photography), Niels Vørsel (Screenplay), Lars von Trier (Director), Pierre Excoffier (Sound Recordist)
Country: Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden, Switzerland
Language: English, Latin, Deutsch
Studio: Det Danske Filminstitut, Gérard Mital Productions, Nordisk Film Denmark, WMG Film, Euroimages Fund of the Council of Europe, Alicéléo, Eurimages, Fortuna Film, Institut suisse du film, Sofinergie 1, Sofinergie 2, Svenska Filminstitutet, UGC, Coproduction Office
Runtime: 113 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 27, 1991
IMDb: 3.659
Keywords:chess, allies, munich, germany, hypnosis, bridge, employee, frankfurt am main, travel, priest, post world war ii, 1940s, model train set
