Nowhere in Africa

Name: Nowhere in Africa
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: March 7, 2003
Duration: 141 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Juliane Köhler, Matthias Habich, Merab Ninidze

2003

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Movie Details & Credits

Columbia TriStar | Release Date: March 7, 2003 | R

Starring: Juliane Köhler, Matthias Habich, Merab Ninidze

Summary: A love story spanning two continents, Nowhere in Africa is the extraordinary true tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. (Zeitgeist Films)

Director: Caroline Link

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 141 min

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Roger Ebert

It is so rare to find a film where you become quickly, simply absorbed in the story. Read full review

Rick Kisonak

The movie gives us lovingly shot landscapes, portraits of extraordinary friendships, a great score, dialogue that only occasionally slips into history lessons, a number of memorably etched minor characters, a splendid performance by its youngest star and two mysteries. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

A lovely film with a deeply humane perspective. Read full review

Michael Sragow

This picture is absorbing -- and eye-filling -- whether the prose and the passion are connecting or running on parallel tracks. Read full review

Stanley Kauffmann

This is a fictional film, but it is based on a novel by Stefanie Zweig that is autobiographical. The adaptation was done by the director Caroline Link, whose screenplay is serviceable and whose directing is generally sure. Read full review

Bill Stamets

For the most part this is a scenic and well-scored Holocaust survival tale. Read full review

Edward Guthmann

Sinks into melodrama. Read full review

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77	#77 Best Movie of 2003

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