critiQs

Login Sign-up
Nowhere in Africa

Nowhere in Africa

# One family's tale of a homeland lost... and a homeland found.
Drama
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English , German , Swahili
📆 Date Released: 2001-12-11
⌚ Running Time: 140 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.1

Beloved Cast

Juliane Köhler original image
Jettel Redlich
Juliane Köhler
Merab Ninidze original image
Walter Redlich
Merab Ninidze
Sidede Onyulo original image
Owuor
Sidede Onyulo
Matthias Habich original image
Süßkind
Matthias Habich
Lea Kurka original image
Regina (younger)
Lea Kurka
Karoline Eckertz original image
Regina (older)
Karoline Eckertz
Gerd Heinz original image
Max
Gerd Heinz
Hildegard Schmahl original image
Ina
Hildegard Schmahl
Maritta Horwarth original image
Liesel
Maritta Horwarth
Regine Zimmermann original image
Käthe
Regine Zimmermann
Marian Lösch original image
Johannes
Marian Lösch
Gabrielle Odinis original image
Klara
Gabrielle Odinis
Bettina Redlich original image
Mrs. Sadler
Bettina Redlich
Julia Leidl original image
Inge
Julia Leidl
Mechthild Großmann original image
Elsa Konrad
Mechthild Großmann
Bela Klentze original image
Boy with Sledge
Bela Klentze
Peter Lenaeku original image
Jogona (younger)
Peter Lenaeku
Silas Kerati original image
Jogona (older)
Silas Kerati
Kanyaman original image
Kimani
Kanyaman
Andy Rashleigh original image
Captain Caruther
Andy Rashleigh
Anthony Bate original image
Mr. Brindley
Anthony Bate
David Michaels original image
Robert Green
David Michaels
Steve Weston original image
Mr. Morrison
Steve Weston
Diane Keen original image
Mrs. Rubens
Diane Keen
Andrew Sachs original image
Mr. Rubens
Andrew Sachs

Similar Movies

2.5
Movie Name : My Brother
Release Date : 🕔 2020-12-03
Average Rating: 2.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Ram reluctantly becomes a brother figure to a young and helpless boy, both undocumented workers. Living in such intense precarity, …

0.0
Movie Name : East Coast Park Lovers
Release Date : 🕔 2020-12-03
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : In this microcosm of the modern world, three couples, each at a different stage of their lives and relationship, face …

6.8
Movie Name : 35 Shots of Rum
Release Date : 🕔 2009-02-18
Average Rating: 6.8
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A widower and her daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at …

6.7
Movie Name : The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Release Date : 🕔 1951-10-16
Average Rating: 6.7
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

6.893
Movie Name : Viva Cuba
Release Date : 🕔 2005-04-20
Average Rating: 6.893
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malú is from a family that was upper-class before …

6.9
Movie Name : Parks
Release Date : 🕔 2017-04-22
Average Rating: 6.9
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Jun is a university student. She meets high school student Haru. Haru is looking for Sachiko, the ex-girlfriend of her …

6.5
Movie Name : Causeway
Release Date : 🕔 2022-10-28
Average Rating: 6.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home …

6.2
Movie Name : Echo Park
Release Date : 🕔 2014-10-23
Average Rating: 6.2
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Desperate to jar herself from the rich tedium of picture-perfect Beverly Hills, Sophie moves across town to another world: Echo …

6.1
Movie Name : Gemma Bovery
Release Date : 🕔 2014-09-10
Average Rating: 6.1
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an …

5.5
Movie Name : Just Sex and Nothing Else
Release Date : 🕔 2005-12-08
Average Rating: 5.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The attractive, 32-year old and single Dora edits scripts for plays and is working on "Dangerous Liaisons." One day when …

2.0
Movie Name : Cortez
Release Date : 🕔 2017-01-20
Average Rating: 2.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : After a canceled tour, flailing musician Jesse Lirette seeks out an old flame in a small town in northern New …

6.6
Movie Name : The Green Promise
Release Date : 🕔 1949-03-22
Average Rating: 6.6
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A stubborn farmer is raising his children alone. When his oldest daughter gets a suitor, the father nearly goes on …

7.2
Movie Name : Funny Valentines
Release Date : 🕔 1999-02-14
Average Rating: 7.2
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in the rekindling …

5.0
Movie Name : Flame
Release Date : 🕔 1996-01-02
Average Rating: 5.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The 1970s in the former Rhodesia, today Zimbabwe: The native people is going against the white suppressors. As the war …

0.0
Movie Name : May 15th.
Release Date : 🕔 1969-01-01
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A couple wakes up one sunny morning on the 15th of May. Apparently, they had the same nightmare and the …

5.9
Movie Name : Veronika Decides to Die
Release Date : 🕔 2009-05-16
Average Rating: 5.9
Genres:
Duration :

overview : After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who …

3.5
Movie Name : Moscow Zero
Release Date : 🕔 2006-11-05
Average Rating: 3.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : In Moscow, the priest Owen hires a team to guide him in the underworld to find his friend Sergei that …

8.306
Movie Name : Léon: The Professional
Release Date : 🕔 1994-09-14
Average Rating: 8.306
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door …

Comments (0)