Nowhere in Africa

Nowhere in Africa (2001)

Nirgendwo in Afrika

One family's tale of a homeland lost... and a homeland found.

A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.

Date of release
2001-12-11
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (198)
Runtime
2h 20m
Genres
Drama
Director
Caroline Link

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: €7M
  • Based on: Nowhere in Africa
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 2. Including: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Nowhere in Africa is a 2001 German drama film that was written and directed by Caroline Link. The screenplay is based on the 1995 autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig. It tells the story of the life in Kenya of a German-Jewish family that emigrated there in 1938 to escape persecution in Nazi Germany. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the 2001 German Film Award (Deutscher Filmpreis) in five categories, including Best Fiction Film.

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