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DVD Nowhere in Africa (German with English Subtitles)
Both epic and heartbreakingly intimate, Nowhere in Africa begins with a Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich fleeing Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances (she brought with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown), while Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor. But this is only the beginning of a series of uprootings, and as the surface of their lives is torn away, Walter and Jettel find they have little in common, and must--under tumultuous circumstances--build their marriage anew. With incredible skill and passion, Nowhere in Africa manages to bring you fully into every change in this family's life; it richly deserves the Academy Award® it received in 2002. A powerful, deeply moving film. --Bret Fetzer
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Very good movie is this one...
This film was as good as the Oscar it won. Now I hope for the American DVD studios to also bring to our shores Caroline Link's other famous German films she directed, especially 1999's "Puenktchen & Anton", based on a famous 1935 children's novel by Erich Kaestner. This latter film is a very interesting story for children; I believe the book was translated to English sometime (at least it was translated to Spanish, I recall). Not only was "Puenktchen & Anton" directed by Link, it also starred "Nowhere in Africa's" actress Juliane Koehler as Puenktchen's mother, a role she impressively played.
Victims with Faces
I really like this movie--though other reviewers have already done a fine job of explaining the basics. In particular, I enjoyed this movie because it makes holocaust victims real instead of numbers, much like the Czech movie "The Shop on Main Street" (the movies are not similar--but their manner of humanizing the experiences of the victims is quite dramatic)
A nice touch--showing humanitys flaws is the way the mother warns her daughter about associating with the African children--echoing the very sentiments of the German people towards Jews during the Reich. Highly recommended! One of the best movies I've ever seen about victims of the Nazi holocaust.
Beautiful Cinematography; Beautiful Story
This is yet another movie that I've had on my list for years and finally rented (gotta love [...] deals) and I'm so glad I did. I can't wait to read the book too. I had no idea that during WWII some Jews escaped to Africa. This movie follows one family's struggles surviving and acclimating to live in Africa. Phenomenal work. Yet another example of why most foreign films are quite a bit better than ours lately.
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