Wu Ming — 1 year ago(November 01, 2024 04:32 AM)

Heimat
is a series of movies written and directed by Edgar Reitz about life in Germany from the 1840s to 2000.
Shown from the perspective of a family from Hunsrück in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The family's personal and domestic life is set against the backdrop of wider social and political events.
The combined length of the movies — broken into 32 episodes — is 59 hours and 32 minutes.
Making it one of the longest series of feature-length films in cinema history.
Main locations are the village blacksmiths in the fictional community of
"Schabbach"
in the Hunsrück, the
"Fuchsbau-Villa"
in Munich-Schwabing and the
"Günderrodehaus"
above Oberwesel on the Middle Rhine.
Other places are Berlin, Hamburg, Trier, Venice, Leipzig, Dülmen, Neuburg an der Donau, Wasserburg am Inn and many more.
The author and director wants to show a genuine chronicle of simple life in the 20th century after the end of WWI up to German Unification and afterwards.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimat_(film_series)
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimat_(Filmreihe)
Heimat 1984 Trailer
Heimat 1984 Official Trailer 1
800x Lonely A Day with the Filmmaker Edgar Reitz | Trailer
Happy 92. Birthday, Herr Reitz!
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