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Nowhere in Africa

One family's tale of a homeland lost... and a homeland found.

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A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees 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, bringing 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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • farm
  • marriage crisis
  • loss of loved one
  • emigration
  • world war ii
  • national socialism
  • only child
  • kenya
  • capture
  • woman director
  • emigrant
  • 1940s

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Germany

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR7 Mar 2003
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical12+17 Apr 2003
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical611 Dec 2001
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical2 May 2003
    • PhysicalDVD3 Dec 2003
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTR18+9 Aug 2003
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TheatricalAL24 Apr 2003
    • PhysicalALDVD10 Mar 2004
    • TVALNederland 323 Dec 2005
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1510 Dec 2004
  • SwitzerlandCH

    • Digital / OTT1614 Feb 2002

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Nowhere in Africa was released on 11 December 2001.

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