Nowhere in Africa
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Caroline Link
Juliane Köhler
Merab Ninidze
Matthias Habich
Sidede Onyulo
Lea Kurka
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A love story spanning two continent about a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel--of upper-class upbringing--and their five-year-old daughter Regina each deal with the harsh realities of their new life in different ways. Attorney Walter is resigned to working the farm as a caretaker; pampered Jettel resists adjustment at every turn; while the shy yet curious Regina immediately embraces the country-learning the local language and customs, and finding a friend in Owuor, the farm's cook. As the war rages on the other side of the world, the trio's relationships to their strange environment become increasingly complicated as Jettel grows more self-assured and Walter more haunted by the life they left behind. As they eventually learn to cherish their life in Africa, they also endeavor to find a way back to each other.
Director
Caroline Link
Cast
Juliane Köhler
Merab Ninidze
Matthias Habich
Sidede Onyulo
Lea Kurka
Karoline Eckertz
Gerd Heinz
Hildegard Schmahl
Maritta Horwarth
Regine Zimmermann
Gabrielle Odinis
Bettina Redlich
Julia Leidl
Mechthild Grossmann
Peter Lenaeku
Silas Kerati
Kanya Man
Andrew Rashleigh
Anthony Bate
David Michaels
Andrew Sachs
Diane Keen
Steve Weston
Joel Wajsberg
Miriam Wajsberg
Marian Losch
Bela Klenze
Steven Price
Ken Brown
M M Sha
Crew
Andreas Bareiss
Mike Bartlett
Susann Bieling
An Dorthe Braker
Uwe Bünker
Sven Ebeling
Bernd Eichinger
Chris Evert
Nanni Gebhardt-seele
Barbara Grupp
Peter Herrmann
Stefanie Hilke
Scott Kirby
Thilo Kleine
Caroline Link
Benedict Mirow
Niki Reiser
Gernot Roll
Patricia Rommel
Uwe Szielasko
Jurgen Troster
Michael Weber
Andreas Woelki
Stefanie Zweig
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
The Country of Germany
Winner of Best Picture at the 52nd German Film Awards 2002.
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2002 Hamptons International Film Festival.
Released in United States Spring March 7, 2003
Released in United States March 14, 2003
Released in United States on Video September 30, 2003
Released in United States February 2002
Released in United States October 2002
Released in United States November 2002
Released in United States January 2003
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 6-17, 2002.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Closing Night) October 16-20, 2002.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.
Released in United States Spring March 7, 2003 (NY)
Released in United States March 14, 2003 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video September 30, 2003
Released in United States February 2002 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 6-17, 2002.)
Released in United States October 2002 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Closing Night) October 16-20, 2002.)
Released in United States November 2002 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Made in Germnay) November 7-17, 2002.)
Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.)