The Journey to Kafiristan (Die Reise nach Kafiristan) 23 years old

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 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.

Credits

Nina Petri as Ella Maillart

Thomas Morris as Deutscher 2

Jeanette Hain as Annemarie Schwarzenbach

Christof Wackernagel as Engländer

The Journey to Kafiristan Cast

Name	Character
Nina Petri She was 38, now 61 years old	as Ella Maillart
Thomas Morris He was 35, 18 years old when he died	as Deutscher 2
Jeanette Hain She was 32, now 55 years old	as Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Christof Wackernagel He was 50, now 73 years old	as Engländer

The Journey to Kafiristan Crew

Name	Department
Fosco Dubini as Director. He was 47 (now 70) years old	Directing
Fosco Dubini as Writer. He was 47 (now 70) years old	Writing
Donatello Dubini as Director. He was 46 (55) years old when He died	Directing
Barbara Marx as Writer.	Writing

The Journey to Kafiristan (23 years)

Release day: Thursday, September 27, 2001
Runtime: 101 minutes