---
title: 'Nowhere in Africa (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Caroline Link'
released: '2001-12-27'
runtime_minutes: 141
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nowhere-in-africa-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161860/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nowhere in Africa (2001)

2001 · 141 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Nirgendwo in Afrika

## Synopsis

Nowhere in Africa 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Caroline Link](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-link)
- **Screenplay:** [Caroline Link](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-link)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Niki Reiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/niki-reiser)
- **Producer:** [Bernd Eichinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-eichinger), [Peter Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-herrmann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gernot Roll](https://cinepixo.com/people/gernot-roll)
- **Editor:** [Patricia Rommel](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-rommel)

## Cast

- [Andrew Sachs](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-sachs)
- [Mechthild Großmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/mechthild-gro-mann)
- [Aline Sokar](https://cinepixo.com/people/aline-sokar)
- [Gerd Heinz](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerd-heinz)
- [Anthony Bate](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-bate)
- [Herbert Knaup](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-knaup)
- [Diane Keen](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-keen)
- [Karoline Eckertz](https://cinepixo.com/people/karoline-eckertz)
- [Merab Ninidze](https://cinepixo.com/people/merab-ninidze)
- [Marian Lösch](https://cinepixo.com/people/marian-losch)
- [Sidede Onyulo](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidede-onyulo)
- [Lea Kurka](https://cinepixo.com/people/lea-kurka)
- [Bettina Redlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/bettina-redlich)
- [Hildegard Schmahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/hildegard-schmahl)
- [Juliane Köhler](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliane-kohler)

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Official site: http://www.nirgendwo-in-afrika.de
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/nowhere-in-africa-2001
Film facts: Wikidata (Q316018); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.