Holland 's best-known film may be '' Europa Europa '' ( 1991 ) , which was based on the life of Solomon Perel ( a Jewish teenager who fled Germany for Poland after '' Kristallnacht '' in 1938 ) . At the outbreak of World War II and the German invasion of Poland , Perel fled to the Soviet-occupied section of the country . Captured during the German invasion of the USSR in 1941 , Solomon convinced a German officer that he was German and found himself enrolled in the Hitler Youth . The film received a lukewarm reception in Germany , and the German Oscar selection committee did not submit it for the 1991 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar . However , it attracted the attention of Michael Barker ( who handled Orion Classics ' sales at the time ) . '' Europa , Europa '' was released in the United States , winning the 1991 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Agnieszka Holland