Nowhere in Africa
Original title: Nirgendwo in Afrika
“One family's tale of a homeland lost... and a homeland found.”
2001 · 2 h 21 min
Directed by 
Caroline Link
Caroline LinkCast
Juliane Köhler Merab Ninidze 
Matthias Habich Sidede Onyulo Lea Kurka Karoline Eckertz
Credits
Written by: Caroline Link
Plot
A Jewish family flees Nazi Germany in the 1930s for a farm in Kenya, where the daughter embraces the new land while her mother struggles and the marriage is tested.
Sinekatalog’s take
A sweeping, humane story of exile and belonging.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (14,906 votes)
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