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  • The Journey to Kafiristan (2001)
  • Unrated
    101 min | Drama
The Journey to Kafiristan (2001)
Unrated
101 min | Drama

In 1939, the author Annemarie Schwarzenbach and the ethnologist Ella Maillart travel together by car to Kabul, but each is in pursuit of her own project. Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who was among Erika and Klaus Mann's circle of friends in ...See moreIn 1939, the author Annemarie Schwarzenbach and the ethnologist Ella Maillart travel together by car to Kabul, but each is in pursuit of her own project. Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who was among Erika and Klaus Mann's circle of friends in the 30s, is searching for a place of refuge in the Near East to discover her own self. Ella Maillart justifies her restlessness, her need for movement and travel, with a scientific pretext: she would like to explore the mysterious Kafiristan Valley and make a name for herself with publications on the archaic life of the nomads living there. Both women are on the run, but political developments and their own biographies catch up with them again and again. Their mutual journey through the outside world, which runs from Geneva via the Balkans and Turkey to Persia, is compounded by the inner world of emotions with a tender love story. Written by Anonymous See less
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Updated Sep 27, 2001

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Jul 20, 2002 (United States)

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25 cast members
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Jeanette Hain
Annemarie Schwarzenbach Annemarie Schwarzenbach   See fewer
Nina Petri
Ella Maillart Ella Maillart   See fewer
Monika Arnó
Dame auf dem Schiff Dame auf dem Schiff   See fewer
Vassilios Avgouteas
Barkeeper Barkeeper   See fewer
Jochen Baumert
Deutscher 1 Deutscher 1   See fewer
Matthew Burton
Joseph Hackin Joseph Hackin   See fewer
André Dahms
Barkeeper Barkeeper   See fewer
Len Haddad
Frau an der Reeling Frau an der Reeling   See fewer
Carlheinz Heitmann
Deutscher Botschafter Deutscher Botschafter   See fewer
Rania Kurdi
Ria Hackin Ria Hackin   See fewer
Thomas Morris
Deutscher 2 Deutscher 2   See fewer
Madeen Mustafa
Zahlmeister Zahlmeister   See fewer
Wolf Pahlke
Kapitän Kapitän   See fewer
Joachim Polex
Herr 2 Herr 2   See fewer
Wolfgang Rau
Bibiothekar Bibiothekar   See fewer
Othamann Shamayleh
Türkischer Grenzbeamter Türkischer Grenzbeamter   See fewer
Anika Unterburg
Helferin Helferin   See fewer
Christof Wackernagel
Engländer Engländer   See fewer
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