Nowhere in Africa Movie Review 2002

Walter Redlich (Ninidze), a German Jew, has fled Breslau for a job as a farm manager in British-colonized Kenya. In 1938, his wife Jettel (Koehler) and their 5-year-old daughter Regina (Kurka) join him. Jettel is unhappy with their harsh new life and isolation but Regina quickly adapts. When war is declared, Walter is briefly interned and eventually joins the British Army, leaving Jettel behind to manage things. As Regina (Eckertz) grows up, she becomes ever-more adapted to life in Kenya and is dismayed when, in 1947, her father is offered a prestigious job and wants to return "home" to Germany. German with subtitles. From the novel by Stefanie Zweig.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 141 minutes.
Originally from German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Africa, Farm Livin', Coming of Age, Family Ties, Period Piece: 1930s, Period Piece: 1940s, Marriage, Family Ties, Judaism

Screenplay

Caroline Link

Cast

Juliane Kohler, Merab Redlich, Karoline Eckertz, Lea Kurka, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo

Cinematography

Gernot Roll

Director

Caroline Link

Music

Niki Reiser

Other

Andreas Wolki, Patricia Rommel, Barbara Grupp, Susann Bieling, Uwe Szielasko

Producer

Peter Herrmann, Constantin Film, MTM Medien & Television, Bavaria Films, MC-One, Zeitgeist Films

Awards

Oscars 2002: Foreign Film.