Nowhere in Africa
Nirgendwo in Afrika
2001 · 2h 20m · 7.0
Drama
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.
Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Sidede Onyulo, Matthias Habich, Lea Kurka, Karoline Eckertz, Gerd Heinz, Hildegard Schmahl, Maritta Horwarth, Regine Zimmermann
farm, marriage crisis, loss of loved one, emigration, world war ii, national socialism, only child, kenya, capture, woman director, emigrant, 1940s, jewish