Nirgendwo in Afrika = Nowhere in Africa /
An Oscar-winning love story spanning two continents, NOWHERE IN AFRICA is the extraordinary true tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 to a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel and their five-year-old daught...
| Uniform Title: | Nirgendwo in Afrika (Motion picture) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English German Swahili |
| Language Notes: | In German and Swahili and English with optional English subtitles |
| Published: |
[Frankfurt, Germany] :
Constantin Film,
[2001]
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy) |
| Summary: | An Oscar-winning love story spanning two continents, NOWHERE IN AFRICA is the extraordinary true tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 to a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel and their five-year-old daughter Regina each deal with the harsh realities of their new life in different ways. As they eventually learn to cherish their life in Africa, they also endeavor to find a way back to each other. Critically acclaimed, this is the award winning true tale of a Jewish family who flee the Nazi regime in 1938 and learns to cope with their new life, and each other, on a remote farm in Kenya. |
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| Item Description: | Based upon the autobiographical novel by Stefanie Zweig. Originally released as a 2001 motion picture. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (136 min.) : flv file, sound |
| Playing Time: | 02:15:34 |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Awards: | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 2002. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Gernot Roll ; editor, Patricia Rommel ; music, Niki Reiser. |