Nowhere in Africa

Nowhere in Africa German Nirgendwo in Afrika is a 2001 German film that was written and directed by Caroline Link. The screenplay is based on the 1995 autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig. It tells the story of the life in Kenya of a GermanJewish family that emigrated there in 1938 to escape persecution in Nazi Germany. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as five German Film Prizes Deutscher Filmpreis, including best feature film of 2001.

When war breaks out, the British round up all German citizens, and hold them, whether Jew or gentile, separating men from women. The Redlichs marriage begins to deteriorate and Walter accuses Jettel not wanting to sleep with him since he is only a farmer. Jettel sleeps with a Germanspeaking British soldier to secure work and a home on a farm for the family, and Regina and Walter both find out.Walter decides to join the British army and wants Jettel to go to Nairobi with him, but she refuses and stays to run the farm with Owuor. Regina is sent to an English boarding school, and is kept there for years, only being able to come back every so often during the harvest season. Jettel becomes fluent in Swahili and runs the farm competently, gaining an appreciation for African culture and hard work that she did not have before. During this time, Jettel and Ssskind develop a relationship whether they slept together or not remains unclear. ........

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