Looking back over history, the film illustrates in a very jocular way the clichés - most of them uncharitable - which have helped to perpetuate the stereotyped images of other countries, and contrasts them with the common hopes that link together the peoples of Europe.
The film uses some sequences and parts of the background sound from ‘Jugend ohne Vorurteile?’, also the voice-over is spoken by the same German commentator.

Genre
Documentary

Credits
Production Country: France
Film Production Company: Gaumont Télévision Internation
Commissioning Institution: Information Service of the European Communities

Director: Daniel Wronecki
Producer: Etienne Laroche
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Unknown
Film Editing: Germaine Lamy / Maggy Alziari
Music: Unknown
Commentator: Peter Ustinov (English)

Technical Information
Original Film Format: Unknown
Duration: 35 minutes
Colour: Colour

European Communities, European Education, European Prejudices, European History

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English, French, German

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Audiovisual Library of the European Commission, Brussels

Clemens, Gabriele: «Auftrag Europa» – Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Filmwerbung der europäischen Gemeinschaften, in: Gabriele Clemens (ed.): Werben für Europa. Die mediale Konstruktion europäischer Identität durch Europafilme, Paderborn: Schöningh 2016, pp. 43-128.