The original film Europa was made by Stefan and Franciska Themerson in Poland 1931 and was a visual interpretation of Anatol Sterns 1929 poem Europa The film was lost during the second world war and has never been recovered This tapeslide reconstruction of Europa was made in 198384 by the Distribution Staff of the London Film Makers CoOperative with Stefan and Franciszka Themerson using surviving stills from the film and a voiceover by John Claus