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Nowhere in Africa

Sidede Onyulo (Actor), Juliane Köhler (Actor), Caroline Link (Director) Rated:
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4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 186 ratings
IMDb7.5/10.0
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WINNER OF THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

A love story spanning two continents, NOWHERE IN AFRICA is the extraordinary true tale of 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 (Juliane Köhler, of AIMÉE & JAGUAR) 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.

Winner of the 2002 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, as well as five 2002 German Film Awards (Golden Lolas), including best film, director and cinematography, NOWHERE IN AFRICA was written and directed by Caroline Link and is based on the best-selling autobiographical novel by Stefanie Zweig.

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.92 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Caroline Link
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 141 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 27, 2018
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Sidede Onyulo, Juliane Köhler, Regine Zimmermann, Karoline Eckertz, Juliane K hler
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Peter Hermann, Peter Herrmann
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Zeitgeist Films
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0787DCN21
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • S. Pearson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Touching Teutonic Drama
    Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2005
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    Once again, European acting proves that its subtlety is more effective than American sledgehammer histrionics could ever be. Juliane Köhler shines as a complex spoiled-princess mother character. Despite my general distaste for child actors, I couldn't help falling for the little girl in this film: she is charming and real and wise, and irresistable. How the movie manages to carry metaphors and sagacity through a cute blond girl in braids without ever tickling the gag reflex deserves praise. I am about to buy this movie after having rented it yesterday: I could endlessly watch the little "memsaab" interact with her family's Nigerian cook. There is a warmth to their relationship that tugs at heartstrings, but not at all in a patronizing manner-a unique balance of evocative emotion and respect for the audience's intelligence that I find quite lacking in American cinema. This human warmth is what drives the film, as Köhler's character descends from her high horse and the family dynamics shift. Reminiscent of _Wild Strawberries_(Bergmann) in its depiction of understated human relations.

    Color plays a beautiful, though not primary, role in this movie. It does not take center stage as it does in other lovely movies like _Hero_(Yimou) and _Blue_(Kieslowski), but the washed-out beiges juxtaposed with rusty oranges of Nigerian dress are striking.

    Historically fascinating, marvellously acted, and with interesting African drum music alongside...worth repeated viewings.
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  • R F
    4.0 out of 5 stars A lovely movie, moving as to the misery children ...
    Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2018
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    A lovely movie, moving as to the misery children are exposed to in war. It explores the contrast between their mother country and the US, and how the US is welcoming/unwelcoming to refugees.
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  • Dr Stones
    5.0 out of 5 stars A lesson on escaping the holocaust, or not
    Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2009
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    Based on a biographical novel and narrated by a teenager, this powerful story reveals a portion of the holocaust story that I had never understood. A family of three flees to Kenya as the Nazis take power in Germany, leaving the rest of their family behind, ultimately to perish. Leaving took both foresight and pessimism. Staying involved (what proved to be misguided) belief in the strength of German culture. This is one of the great lessons of the story. A second lesson is adaptation. Survival in Kenya is not easy, but the child, Regina, adapts better than her parents, who struggle with the loss of their social status and find themselves in constant conflict. Regina learns three native languages and accepts native customs with ease. Ultimately, she attends an English school, where she excels despite the disdain of her teachers. Throughout the story, the family cook provides Regina with love and support. Her bond with him is deep and constant. No review would be complete without mentioning the beautiful cinematography. And be sure to watch the special features on the second disk after you see the movie to more fully appreciate how and why the movie was made.
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  • L. Lutgens
    5.0 out of 5 stars Jewish Family in WWII British East Africa and 1938 Germany
    Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2016
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    One of the best movies I've ever seen. Based on a memoir which I wish I could read but it's in German, too bad. The movie takes place in pre-World War II Germany and Africa starting in 1938. Hitler is in power and many Jews are deep in denial about the situation. The old "It can't happen here". The lawyer son of a well-to-do family has left Germany for Africa where is a farm manager. The son succeeds in getting his wife and daughter out of Germany, but the rest of the family will not leave. World War II in British East Africa is difficult for Germans, even German Jews. Watch the movie. It's excellent.
    The acting is first rate. The filming of the landscape gives us a less romanticised version than that of Out of Africa, but it's still recognizably Africa.
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  • gleamingwaters
    1.0 out of 5 stars What started out to be a beautiful movie....thrown in the trash!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2012
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    This was recommended to be a wonderful movie, not to be missed, in our local small town paper.
    Indeed it started out to be just that, even with viewing it in-between the English subtitles (German made, German language) Magnificent scenes of Africa, and beautiful people all through out. Then, right in the middle, and totally unnecessary by all standards, very graphic sex scenes between 2 of the characters. I could not believe it! It ruined what could have been a totally beautiful movie in scenery and story. I was so angry I immediately threw it in the biggest trash can I could find. I was so angry I didn't want to talk about it, let alone give time to write a review, until now. Enough said, don't waste time or money on this movie. I still have yet to speak to the man who wrote the recommendation but will the next time I see him. (I live out in the wilds of our Island, not in the town)
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  • A Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best German Language Film I've Seen
    Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2015
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    Just before World War II, a German Jew goes to Africa to find a home for his family on a plantation in Kenya. They soon join him. His daughter adapts to the foreign land and its new language, customs, foods, and landscape. The wife doesn't do as well. It's a moving story with the most beautiful scenery. You will laugh and you might cry, but you will definitely recommend this picture to anyone who can tolerate a movie with subtitles.
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  • Italian Dreamer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good Movie
    Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2015
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    Good movie that I would recommend
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  • Jon Stevens
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent acheivement
    Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2010
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    This is one of the most stunning films I've ever seen. I didn't realize it won the 2002 Best Foreign Film Oscar, and it well deserved it. It's sad that young Americans are deprived from seeing such great cinema, their young minds corrupted by the non-stop deluge of Hollywood studio toy/violent comic book superhero commercial garbage saturating American screens. I was deeply moved by this film, excellent in every respect: script, direction, performances, editing, music and absolute stunning cinematography. God bless the Germans for funding a film as this.
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  • FIORA FRANCA
    5.0 out of 5 stars un gran bel film
    Reviewed in Italy on February 11, 2018
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    un bel film. narra le vicissitudini di una famiglia tedesca di origini ebree che, scappata in Kenya - colonia inglese -, deve affrontare problemi di varia natura: lo stragolgimento del modo di vivere, l'internamento in campo di concentramento allo scoppio della 2 guerra mondiale, ed altro ancora. 2 ore e 10 minuti di film molto molto interessante ed avvincente
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  • Kim
    5.0 out of 5 stars A lucky family who were Jewish, but in British territory - Rhodesia - during WWll.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2016
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    In German with German subtitles - This is a fascinating story of a German Jew who had left Germany to work in British Rhodesia, just as the 3rd Reich was starting to make life difficult for the Jews. On hearing how the world is deteriorating for his family and friends, he persuades his wife to bring his daughter to Rhodesia. There follows a long period of adjustment, to the relatively spartan existence. News comes irregularly from Germany, about the atrocities committed against their loved ones still trapped at home. As the war starts they are arrested, the man being sent to a prison which is not that bad really, and the family are put up in luxury! The story unfolds as the little girl grows up learning Swahili from her indigenous friends, and becomes a teenager. The family are redeployed back to farming. Their ever loyal cook can't understand why he can't return to Europe with them at the end of the war, as the family decide to return to rebuild their homeland.Moving at times. A competent story that I could follow as I am learning German.
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  • J.A.Hallbauer ;Doc Halliday
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wunderbares Afrika, wunderbare Juliane Köhler
    Reviewed in Germany on March 22, 2015
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    Der im Jahre 2005 Oscar-prämierte Fim handelt von der jungen jüdischen Familie Redlich. Der Vater darf nicht mehr als Jusist arbeiten, er verdient sein Geld in Kenia als Farmverwalter. Erst 1938 folgt die Mutter Jettel (Juliane Köhler) mit der Tochter widerwillig und nur auf Drängen der Verwandten, die sie eindringlich vor dem, was das Nazi-Regime noch anstellen wird, warnen. Das Vemögen der gutbürgerlichen Famile verbleibt in Deutschland, neben dem Notwendigsten nimmt Jettel nur noch ein neues Abendkleid und teures Geschirr mit.
    Jettel kann sich mit der neuen Umgebung nicht anfreunden, während die Tochter schnell Freunde unter den farbigen Kindern findet, besonders aber entwickelt sich eine herzliche Freundschaft zu dem ebenfalls farbigen Koch, der mit seiner Arbeit 3 Ehefrauen und 6 Kinder in einem entfernten Dorf ernährt. Respektvoll nennt er sie "kleine Memsahib", unterwürfig ist er nicht, er ist Koch , andere Arbeiten lehnt er selbstbewußt ab oder erledigt sie aus Gefälligkeit.
    Zu Beginn des Kriegseintritts Englands wird die Famile in Nairobi interniert, die Männer in einem Lager, Frauen und Kinder in einem Hotel mit allem Luxus ("Unser Standard gilt für jeden Gast" wird einem verblüfften englischen Offizier von einem Hotelangestellten mitgeteilt).
    Jettel geht soweit, daß sie eimem einflußreichen Offizier gefällig ist, um die Entlassung zu erwirken, nach der Freilassung erhält der Ehemann, der zwischendurch Soldat geworden ist, einen neuen Job auf einer Farm, der treue Koch findet die Familie wieder, wie versprochen. Redlich nimmt seinen Abschied von der Armee, die Familie lebt wieder gemeinsam. Jettel hat zunehmend gefallen an Afrika gefunden, ein Auswanderer, der alle Brücken zu Deutschland abgebrochen hat(Matthias Habich) macht ihr zurückhaltend den Hof, bietet ihr später einmalig, als die Rückkehr nach Deutschland erörtert wird, an, bei ihm zu bleiben. Redlich hat einAngebot auf eine Stelle als Richter im Nachkriegsdeutschland erhalten. Er fühlt sich mehr als Deutsche als aus Jude, die Greuel des 3.Reiches haben die Vaterlandsliebe nicht zerstört. Jettel warnt ihn, die Nazis seien ja nicht verschwunden, etliche von ihnen arbeiten unbehelligt weiter. Die z.T. leidenschaftliche Liebe (einige Rezensenten haben sich tatsächlich an freizügigen Liebesszenen gestört! Nackter Busen einer Farbigen, gut, aber nackte Juliane Köhler, das geht doch gar nicht!) ist einer erheblichen Belastung ausgesetzt, auch die Tochter ist in Kenia glücklich. Wie wird Jettel sich entscheiden?

    Der Film ist geprägt von wunderbaren Landschaftsbildern, er wird getragen von überzeugenden Darstellern, ganz besonders Juliane Köhler und Matthias Habich. Wäre Juliane mit ihm in Afrika geblieben, wäre ich nicht traurig gewesen.
    Soweit ich weiß, hat Juliane Köhler nie größeren Ruhm oder Anerkennung eingeheimst, für mich war sie, schon bevor ich jetzt erst diesenFilm gesehen habe, eine attraktive, sympathische und hervorragende Schauspielerin :"Aimeé und Jaguar", "Der Untergang",
    "In Sachen Kaminski", "Zwei Leben", es lohnt sich, bei Wikipedia ihre eindrucksvolle Filmographie anzusehen und die ein und andere DVD zu bestellen. U.a. Bundesfilmpreis 1999, es hätten noch mehr sein können.

    "Nirgendwo in Afrika" und Juliane Köhler, für mich ein unvergeßliches Filmereignis.

    Doc Halliday
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  • Alain
    5.0 out of 5 stars DVD en quelle langue ? Voici la réponse !
    Reviewed in France on October 9, 2013
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    Je ne vais pas commenter le film car plusieurs personnes l'ont déjà fait et que je ne l'ai pas encore vu....:-)
    J'écris simplement pour vous aider à savoir si ce dvd est en langue allemande, française (Amazon indique langue française et sous-titres en français) ou anglaise (comme indiqué sur le boitier du dvd !!) et bien voila la vraie réponse... : le film est en français et allemand avec un sous-titrage français. Ouf ! heureusement qu'ils ont gardé la version originale.
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  • アマゾン99世
    5.0 out of 5 stars 戦闘シーンがなくとも、戦争の悲惨さを描いた秀作
    Reviewed in Japan on March 5, 2009
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    この映画では、第二次世界大戦当時の話を描いたものではありますが、
    肝心の戦闘シーンはほとんど登場しません。

    知ることができるのは、映画のキャラクターと同様、ラジオなど、
    放送や人づてによるもの。

    それがかえって、「この映画は、メロドラマのようでありながら、戦時中であるんだ」ということを思い出させます。
    それが怖い。

    単に豊かな大自然で、少女がすくすくと成長する、なんて甘い映画ではありません。
    家族もそれぞれ、生きるために行動を起こします。
    正しいか、間違いか、それは誰にもきめられない。
    それが戦争。
    戦争下である人々の暮らし。

    時々、そうして戦争であることを思い知らされるたびに、背筋が寒くなる思いがしました。
    ジャケットに騙されてはいけません。

    これこそ、戦争に翻弄される家族の物語。
    「素晴らしい」なんて言葉を使ってはいけないと思いますが、
    戦争の悲惨さを描いた秀作だと思います。

    余談ですが、「ナイロビの蜂」でヘリの操縦士役の方が準主役を演じているので、そういう点は嬉しかったですね。
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