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The White Masai | |
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Directed by | Hermine Huntgeburth |
Written by | Johannes W. Betz Hermine Huntgeburth (adaptation) Günter Rohrbach (adaptation) Ruth Toma (narrator's script) |
Based on | The White Masai by Corinne Hofmann |
Produced by | Günter Rohrbach |
Starring | Nina Hoss Jacky Ido |
Cinematography | Martin Langer |
Edited by | Eva Schnare |
Music by | Niki Reiser |
Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Languages | English German Swahili Maa |
The White Masai (German: Die weiße Massai) is a 2005 film directed by Hermine Huntgeburth[1][1] and starring Nina Hoss and Jacky Ido. The screenplay concerns Carola, a woman who falls in love in Kenya with Maasai Lemalian. The film is based on an autobiographical novel of the same name by the German born writer Corinne Hofmann.[2] In the film version, names have been changed from those in the novel.[3]