Okonkwo is a "strong man" of Umuofia, an Ibo village in Nigeria. He falls from grace with the tribal world ; his world is destroyed with the arrival of aggressive European missionaries.
The Ibo villagers pooled their money to send one native son off to England to be educated and Obi was chosen: he is Okonkwo's grandson.
His foreign education has separated him from his African roots and made him parts of a ruling elite whose corruption he finds repugnant.
Returned to a prestigious job with the civil service in Lagos, as the Administrative Assistant to the Inspector of Schools, he is in love with Clara, an Osu, one of the socio-religious outcasts.

Director: Hans Jürgen Pohland
Screenplay: Chinua Achebe
Writer: Chinua Achebe (novels : "Things Fall Apart" and "No Longer At Ease")
Stars: Elizabeth of Toro, Orlando Martins, Johnny Sekka

Country: Nigeria | West Germany
Language: English
Sound Mix: Mono
Color: Color
Negative Format: 35 mm
Printed Film Format: 35 mm
Duration: 1 hr 30 min (90 min)

Produced by
Francis Oladele... producer
Hans Jürgen Pohland... producer
Wolf Schmidt... producer

Cinematography by Michael J. Davis
production sound mixer : Ivan Sharrock

Production company: Calpenny Nigeria Films Limited (Nigeria)


TV Broadcast
1981 : Broadcast Premiere, by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), USA


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Deutschland / Nigeria 1971, Spielfilm

Regie: Hansjürgen Pohland
Drehbuch: Chinua Achebe
Kamera: Michael Davis

Darsteller:
Elizabeth of Toro
Orlando Martins
Johnny Sekka

Produzent: Francis Oladele, Hansjürgen Pohland, Wolf Schmidt

Produktionsfirma: Calpenny Nigeria Films Limited (NG)