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Release Date: 2001

Cast: Merab Ninidze, Mechthild Großmann, Gerd Heinz, Hildegard Schmahl, Sidede Onyulo, Gabrielle Odinis, Matthias Habich, Bettina Redlich, Juliane Köhler, Regine Zimmermann, Lea Kurka, Karoline Eckertz ...MORE

Cast: Merab Ninidze, Mechthild Großmann, Gerd Heinz, Hildegard Schmahl, Sidede Onyulo, Gabrielle Odinis, Matthias Habich, Bettina Redlich, Juliane Köhler, Regine Zimmermann, Lea Kurka, Karoline Eckertz, Maritta Horwarth ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Period piece, Biography, Biographical film, World cinema, Family Drama

Nowhere in Africa (German: Nirgendwo in Afrika) is a 2001 German film directed by Caroline Link and based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig. It tells the story of a Jewish family that emigrates to Kenya during World War II to escape the Nazis and run a farm. The film won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1938, the Redlich family flees to Kenya from Leobschütz in Silesia, Nazi Germany, to escape the increasing persecution of the Jews. Walter, a former lawyer, finds work as a farm manager and sends for his family. His wife Jettel has trouble... MORE

Nowhere in Africa (German: Nirgendwo in Afrika) is a 2001 German film directed by Caroline Link and based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig. It tells the story of a Jewish family that emigrates to Kenya during World War II to escape the Nazis and run a farm. The film won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 1938, the Redlich family flees to Kenya from Leobschütz in Silesia, Nazi Germany, to escape the increasing persecution of the Jews. Walter, a former lawyer, finds work as a farm manager and sends for his family. His wife Jettel has trouble adjusting to life in Africa, although their daughter Regina quickly adapts to her new environment, easily learning the language of the country and showing interest in local culture. Regina soon forms a close friendship with the farm's cook, Owuor. When war breaks out, the British round up all German citizens, and hold them, whether Jew or gentile, separating men from women. The Redlichs' marriage begins to deteriorate. Jettel sleeps with a German-speaking British soldier to secure work and a home on a farm for the family, and Regina and Walter both find out. Walter decides to join the British army LESS