Nowhere in Africa

Pros: Wonderful story, with impressive performances by all
Cons: Not here

As the Third Reich rose to power in Germany, some of the Jewish citizens of the country were fortunate to leave that land with their lives. One such person was Walter Redlich (Mirab Ninidze), a lawyer who was banned from practicing law by Hitler in the ...

Pros: gorgeous, addresses important issues
Cons: the message can feel a bit obvious, middle is slow

My mom's friend Cathy recommended Nowhere in Africa to me by saying that she had a lump in he ...

Pros: Serious without being moralistic; beautiful scenery that's capable of menace; a gift for subtle detail.
Cons: For a slow, serious, 140-minute movie, it leaves a lot unanswered.

Premise-wise, Nowhere in Africa has a few large and obvious advantages. It counts as a World ...

Pros: Beautifully shot
Cons: Uncertainty over what it is supposed to be

I remember the time when Nowhere in Africa won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. This surprised me a bit because two great foreign films, the Spanish Talk to Her and Mexico's Y Tu Mama Tambien, were both left out of this ...

Pros: It was the best foreign language film of 2002 according to Academy.
Cons: Mostly flawless.

Considering the sheer number of quality films produced outside the English-speaking world, it’s quite an accomplishment to win the Best Foreign Language Film award at the Oscars. Galloping home to win this year’s trophy was Germany’s Nowhere...

Pros: Marvelous portrayal of African landscapes and culture; good performances
Cons: Poor editing; flawed dramatic construction

Caroline Link’s Nowhere in Africa is a sprawling epic that tries to be many kinds of film at once, succeeding in a few respects but failing badly in too many others. Part Holocaust survival story, part love story, part the memoirs of a ...

Pros: Well-directed, with superb cinematography, sensitive acting and great music.
Cons: Rather long.

Cast List Juliane Kohler - Jettel Redlich Merab Ninidze - Walter Redlich Sidede Onyulo - Owuor Matthias Habich - Susskind Lea Kurka - Young Regina Karoline Eckertz - Older Regina Film Info: Based on the novel by Stefanie ...

Pros: Real Kenyan ranch; true African natives; Germans portray Germans-Jews; real-life farm problems
Cons: None - again, though, not true to book, which is told from daughter's view

This is one of the best films ever made in showing the real hill ranch life of European immigrants to Kenya. The book is based on the true story of Stefanie Zweig, now a German-Jewish journalist, about her childhood from 1938-1947, while her family...

Pros: Spends time concentrating on the movie, not the scenery
Cons: Two and a half hours?

I am usually slow to read a review as it give away too much of the movie so I am writing this on how I would like to read a review. I walked into the theater know the bare facts
1) It's about the war
2) Some Germans move to Africa
3) This...

Pros: Incredible story
Cons: In German and Swahili, with English subtitles

My husband loves foreign and documentary films. Last week, he wanted to see "Mulletville" -- a documentary on mullets -- and I wanted to see "Nowhere in Africa." We chose "Nowhere in Africa."

What a great choice! It is about a Jewish family...

Pros: Historical relevance; Cinematography
Cons: Slightly depressing

First, this movie is in English. Second, initially it sounds like it'd be similar to 'Out of Africa' (the Meryl Streep movie in which Meryl played the author, Isak Dinesen) or to 'I Dreamed of Africa' (the Kim Basinger plotless 'travelogue'), but it is...