Nowhere in Africa (German with English Subtitles)

Nowhere in Africa (German with English Subtitles)
by Caroline Link

Nowhere in Africa (German with English Subtitles)
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Actor: Juliane K?hler, Lea Kurka, Matthias Habich, Merab Ninidze, Sidede Onyulo
Director: Caroline Link
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 142 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-30
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures

Movie Reviews of Nowhere in Africa (German with English Subtitles)

Movie Review: A wonderful film
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie depicts a young Jewish family that flees Nazi Germany before the outbreak of World War II, and settles in Kenya. The husband (Merab Ninidze) was a lawyer in his native land, and he becomes a farmer in Africa, working for others. Their daughter (Lea Kurka and Karoline Eckertz) grows up with her heart in Africa, and little or no recollection of Germany.

Their families are killed in the Nazi Holocaust, even though the husband tries in vain to warn them of the coming storm, and get them to leave. They believe that they are Germans and safe, and that no harm will come to them. After the war ends, the husband is offered a job as a judge in Frankfurt and the family returns, even though the wife (Juliane K?hler) and daughter resist and have almost no feelings for the country at all--only negatives ones on the part of the wife, who believes they would be living among the murderers of their families.

It is a lovely film of Africa, not the lush scenes of "Out of Africa," but a much harsher existence. The central characters are the husband, wife and daughter. However, the heart and soul of Kenya--if not Africa itself--seems to be embodied and reflected in Sidede Onyulo, who portrays the family's cook and spirit, and connects all of the characters. Caroline Link is to be congratulated for directing a truly superb movie, which should withstand the test of time.

Summary of Nowhere in Africa (German with English Subtitles)

Both epic and heartbreakingly intimate, Nowhere in Africa begins with a Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich fleeing Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances (she brought with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown), while Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor. But this is only the beginning of a series of uprootings, and as the surface of their lives is torn away, Walter and Jettel find they have little in common, and must--under tumultuous circumstances--build their marriage anew. With incredible skill and passion, Nowhere in Africa manages to bring you fully into every change in this family's life; it richly deserves the Academy Award? it received in 2002. A powerful, deeply moving film. --Bret Fetzer
Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times hails this film as being "laced with poignancy and conflict urgency and compassion." "& I loved this film!" raves Roger Ebert "& this is the kind of movie that real people really really like!" Nowhere In Africa - the critically acclaimed Academy Award? winner - is a story about love about family about leaving one home to create another. Spanning two continents it's the true tale of a Jewish attorney and his family who flee the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. As the war rages on the other side of the world his relationships with his wife and daughter become increasingly complicated: they struggle between resisting and embracing their new life while reaching out to each other.System Requirements:Running Time: 146 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: FOREIGN/LATIN Rating: R UPC: 043396017931 Manufacturer No: 01793

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