Nowhere in Africa

– A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.60 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 21 Minutes
Release Year:
2001
Original Name:
Nirgendwo in Afrika
Nowhere in Africa (2001) - Also known as Nirgendwo in Afrika

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.

Nowhere in Africa (2001) - Trailer

Release Date:

16 May 2003

Language:

English, Swahili, German

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Caroline Link

Writer:

Caroline Link, Stefanie Zweig (novel)

Main Actors:

Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Sidede Onyulo, Matthias Habich

Plot:

A Jewish family in Germany emigrate short before the Second World War. They move to Kenya to start running a farm, but not all members of the family come to an arrangement with their new life. Shortly after their departure, things are changing in Germany very quickly, and a turning back seems impossible. So everyone has to arrange himself with the new life in a new continent.

Awards:

Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 6 nominations.

Gross profit:

$5,888,057

Production:

Zeitgeist Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
Metacritic:
72%