“破浪而出"的丹麦导演拉尔斯.冯.特里厄扬名国际影坛的代表作,曾获坎城影展评审团大奖及高等技术委员会奖。 男主角是德裔美藉青年凯斯勒,在第二次世界大战后回到从未涉足的祖国。他原是一个和平主义和理想主义者,希望以中立的态度来看待战后的欧洲人民。不料叔叔安排凯斯勒在一列火车上当列车长,使他有机会深入欧洲各地,聆听各种不同的声音,从而揭破了和平口号与人道主义的虚妄。而他爱上的铁路公司老板千金,更是一名纳粹主义的支持者,更使他陷入了两难之境。 导演拍出一种令人目眩神迷的魔幻写实色彩,镜头运用大胆,使观众仿佛进入催眠状态之中,是一部个人艺术风格强烈之作。An American of German descent arrives in post-war Germany 1945. His uncle gets him a job on the Zentropa train line as a sleeping car conductor. The American's wish is to be neutral to the ongoing purges of loyalists by the Allied forces and do what he can to help a hurting country, but he finds himself being used by both the Americans and the influential family that owns the railroad. After falling in love with the railroad magnate's daughter, he finds that he can't remain neutral and must make some difficult choices.