Nowhere in Africa (2001)
Director: Caroline Link
Cast: Juliane Kmhler, Merab Ninidze
German with English Subtitles
In the 1930s, shortly before the Second World War, a Jewish refugee family emigrate from Germany to Kenya to run a farm. Not everyone in the family is happy about their new life in Kenya, but there is no going back to Germany as Herr Hitler increases his totalitarian control to take Germany to war. In one sense they are "stranded" in Kenya and are forced by circumstances to make adjustments to the new way of life , including adjustments within the family.
Historical Background:
(see The Flame Trees of Thika (1982) for the historical background)
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