Nowhere in Africa
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Not to be confused with Somewhere in Africa.
Nowhere in Africa (German: Nirgendwo in Afrika) is a 2001 German drama 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 German-Jewish 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 the 2001 German Film Award (Deutscher Filmpreis) in five categories, including Best Fiction Film.[2][3]
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Nowhere in Africa | |
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Directed by | Caroline Link |
Screenplay by | Caroline Link |
Based on | Nirgendwo in Afrika by Stefanie Zweig |
Produced by | Peter Herrmann |
Starring | Juliane Köhler Merab Ninidze |
Cinematography | Gernot Roll |
Edited by | Patricia Rommel |
Music by | Niki Reiser |
Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date | 27 December 2001 (2001-12-27) |
Running time | 141 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Languages | German English Swahili |
Budget | €7 million |
Box office | $24,352,725[1] |
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