Out of Africa (1985)
Directed by Sydney Pollack
A Danish woman marries a Swedish baron for convenience and sails to British East Africa, where she runs a coffee farm below the Ngong Hills and falls for a free-spirited hunter.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Denmark≈ 00:03:00Stated on screen
Karen proposes a marriage of convenience to her friend Bror before leaving for Africa.
- 2Railway station and Muthaiga Club≈ 00:08:00Nairobi, KenyaStated on screen
Arriving by train, Karen is met by Farah and taken to the club, where she is kept out of the men-only rooms; she marries Bror the same day.
- 3Karen Blixen's coffee farm, Ngong Hills≈ 00:16:00Stated on screen
Bror has bought a coffee farm instead of a dairy; Karen sets up the house and a school for the Kikuyu.
- 4Supply trek to Bror's camp≈ 00:52:00Southern Kenya, toward German East AfricaInferred
When war reaches East Africa, Karen leads an ox-wagon supply caravan across the bush to Bror's militia.
- 5Denmark≈ 01:06:00Stated on screen
- 6Karen Blixen's coffee farm, Ngong Hills≈ 01:10:00Stated on screen
- 7Safari camp≈ 01:35:00KenyaInferred
- 8Karen Blixen's coffee farm, Ngong Hills≈ 01:55:00Stated on screen
- 9Denys's grave≈ 02:22:00Ngong Hills, KenyaInferred
- 10Muthaiga Club and railway station≈ 02:30:00Nairobi, KenyaInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 27,931 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 10
- Not shown: 21,206 km
- Train: 6,725 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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