Nowhere in Africa

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

Plot Summary

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.

7.1 /10

2001

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farm

marriage crisis

loss of loved one

emigration

world war ii

national socialism

only child

kenya

capture

woman director

emigrant