The White Masai (film)

The White Masai
The German theatrical poster
Directed byHermine Huntgeburth
Written byJohannes W. Betz
Hermine Huntgeburth
(adaptation)
Günter Rohrbach
(adaptation)
Ruth Toma
(narrator's script)
Based onThe White Masai by Corinne Hofmann
Produced byGünter Rohrbach
StarringNina Hoss
Jacky Ido
CinematographyMartin Langer
Edited byEva Schnare
Music byNiki Reiser
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release dates
  • September 14, 2005 (2005-09-14) (TIFF)
  • September 15, 2005 (2005-09-15) (Germany)
Running time
131 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesEnglish
German
Swahili
Maa

The White Masai (German: Die weiße Massai) is a 2005 film directed by Hermine Huntgeburth 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. In the film version, names have been changed from those in the novel.