{{short description|2012 film}} {{About|the 2012 film|the 2005 novel|Dead Europe (novel)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Dead Europe | image = Dead europe movie poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Tony Krawitz | producer = Lilette Botasi | screenplay = Louise Fox | based_on = '''Novel:'''<br>Christos Tsiolkas | starring = Ewen Leslie<br>Kodi Smit-McPhee | music = Jed Kurzel | cinematography = Germain McMicking | editing = Alexandre de Franceschi<br>Scott Gray | studio = See-Saw Films | distributor = Transmission Films<ref>{{cite web|title=Dead Europe (DVD for DCP)|website=Australian Classification Board|access-date=20 October 2021|url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/dead-europe}}</ref> | released = {{Film date|2012|6|14|Sydney|df=yes}} | runtime = 84 minutes | country = Australia | language = English<br />Greek }}
'''''Dead Europe''''' is a 2012 Australian drama film directed by Tony Krawitz.<ref name="TIFF">{{cite web |url=http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2012/deadeurope |title=Dead Europe |accessdate=12 October 2012 |work=TIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005064236/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2012/deadeurope |archive-date=5 October 2012 }}</ref> It is an adaptation of the 2005 novel by Christos Tsiolkas of the same name. The film has received mixed reviews.
==Cast== * Ewen Leslie as Isaac * Marton Csokas as Nico * Kodi Smit-McPhee as Josef * Jean-François Balmer as Gerry * Yigal Naor as Syd * William Zappa as Vassily * Françoise Lebrun as Leah * Thanos Samaras as Andreas * Danae Skiadi as Giulia * Coral Amiga as Yvette * Ania Bukstein as Amina * Giannis Antetokounmpo as Neighbour's Son * Christian Manon as Voice
==Reception== ''Dead Europe'' received mixed to positive reviews, earning a 63% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Julie Rigg of ''ABC Online'' gave a positive review and called it "one of the most disturbing, and intelligent, Australian films for a long time."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/movietime/dead-europe/4371144 |title=Dead Europe |date=15 November 2012 |first=Julie |last=Rigg |accessdate=14 February 2015 |website=ABC Online}}</ref> Tim Robey of ''The Daily Telegraph'' also gave a positive review, calling the movie a "promising drama of alienation that slides into portentousness."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9743540/Films-in-brief-Code-Name-Geronimo-Love-Crime-Tinker-Bell-and-the-Secret-of-the-Wings.html |title=Films in brief: Code Name: Geronimo, Love Crime, Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=13 December 2012 |first1=Robbie |last1=Collin |first2=Tim |last2=Robey |accessdate=14 February 2015}}</ref>
Joel Walsh of ''Little White Lies'' however gave a negative review, calling it "macabre, spiteful and all too bleak in its juxtaposition of generations and their transference of guilt."<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/theatrical-reviews/dead-europe-22720 |title=Dead Europe Review |date=13 December 2012 |first=Joe |last=Walsh |journal=Little White Lies |accessdate=14 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214060751/http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/theatrical-reviews/dead-europe-22720 |archive-date=14 February 2015 }}</ref>
Peter Galvin from SBS gave the film three stars out of five, noting that the film is "dark, and emotionally claustrophobic" and is "tough to sit through". He also observes that ''Dead Europe'' "is a puzzle film, a movie where one is asked to work hard at deciphering its strangeness."<ref>{{cite news | title=Dead Europe (review) | work=SBS | url= http://www.sbs.com.au/films/movie/13935/Dead-Europe |first=Peter |last=Galvin | access-date=14 February 2013}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|2091880|Dead Europe}} * ''[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dead_europe/ Dead Europe]'' at Rotten Tomatoes
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