
Nowhere in Africa
Plot
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.
About Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa (German: Nirgendwo in Afrika) 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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Cast
Juliane KöhlerJettel Redlich
Merab NinidzeWalter Redlich
Sidede OnyuloOwuor
Matthias HabichSüßkind
Lea KurkaRegina (younger)
Karoline EckertzRegina (older)- Gerd HeinzMax
Hildegard SchmahlIna
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