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Nowhere in AfricaFilm Series
Date: January 23, 2026
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Hoke Theatre
Price: $7 / General Admission
2002 (Not Rated) 138 min. Germany/subtitles
Director: Caroline Link
Cast: Juliane Kohler, Merab Ninidze, Lea Kurka, Matthias Habich, Karoline Eckertz
A love story spanning two continents, NOWHERE IN AFRICA is the extraordinary true tale of a Jewish family that flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel, and their five-year-old daughter Regina each deal with the harsh realities of their new life in different ways. Attorney Walter is resigned to working the farm as a caretaker; pampered Jettel resists adjustment at every turn; while the shy yet curious Regina immediately embraces the country–learning the language and customs, and finding a friend in Owuor, the farm’s cook. As the war rages on the other side of the world, the trio’s relationships with their strange environment become increasingly complicated as Jettel grows more self-assured and Walter more haunted by the life they left behind. As they eventually learn to cherish their life in Africa, they also endeavor to find a way back to each other. In addition to the American Oscar, the film won five German-film awards, including best feature, best director, best cinematography, and it was that country’s top grossing German language film.
“A ravishing, page-turner of an adventure that defies as many expectations as it fulfills.” – Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
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