Nowhere in Africa (2001)

Original title

Nirgendwo in Afrika

Directed by

Caroline Link

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 21m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 185 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German-Jewish family flees Nazi Germany and starts a new life on a farm in Kenya. The story follows their struggles to adapt to a foreign culture and the shifting bonds between husband, wife and daughter.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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