2013·Drama·3h 45m
7.1
★
Follow-up to the TV trilogy “Heimat”, this time for cinemas, set again in the fictional village Schabbach in the Hunsrück region of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Directed by Edgar Reitz
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Cast
Jan Dieter Schneider
Jakob Simon
Antonia Bill
Jettchen Niem
Maximilian Scheidt
Gustav Simon
Marita Breuer
Margarethe Simon
Rüdiger Kriese
Johann Simon
Philine Lembeck
Florinchen Morsch
Mélanie Fouché
Lena Zeitz
Eva Zeidler
Hedwig Simon
Barbara Philipp
Frau Niem
Christoph Luser
Franz Olm
Jeroen Perceval
Auswanderungswerber
Werner Herzog
Alexander von Humboldt
Crew
Edgar Reitz
Director
Edgar Reitz
Screenplay
Gernot Roll
Director of Photography
Margaret Ménégoz
Co-Producer
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1 review
David Easton
9.5★ · 10/23/25
Dies ist ein Meisterwerk im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Ein emotional bewegender und einzigartiger Film, der mich seit Jahren begleitet und eindeutig das Ergebnis eines langen Lebens ist, das der Kunst des Filmemachens gewidmet war.
In the years around the fall of the Wall, German families gathered around televisions for a widely popular series of films about German families. 1918 - 2000s.
The films made an impact. They were cinematic experiences, delivered by television. They were deeply popularist. They attempted to capture 70 transformative years of memory. They show German memory, its prosperity and its tragedies, from a intimate and honest perspective. Kubrick called the first one of his favorite films.
30 years later, then 80-year-old director of that series published this movie. It’s a prequel, set in a little farming village in the 1840s. At 255 minutes long, it takes its time. But I found every minute mesmerizing. It follows a family, their hardships, their celebrations. From the sparks of democratic revolution to the pressures of new world emmigration, it feels so full of life that it’s hard to describe.
I think about this movie all the time. It’s not the most accessible, but it’s special. The visual and sonic storytelling are emotionally powerful. The experience will probably stick with me forever
In the years around the fall of the Wall, German families gathered around televisions for a widely popular series of films about German families. 1918 - 2000s.
The films made an impact. They were cinematic experiences, delivered by television. They were deeply popularist. They attempted to capture 70 transformative years of memory. They show German memory, its prosperity and its tragedies, from a intimate and honest perspective. Kubrick called the first one of his favorite films.
30 years later, then 80-year-old director of that series published this movie. It’s a prequel, set in a little farming village in the 1840s. At 255 minutes long, it takes its time. But I found every minute mesmerizing. It follows a family, their hardships, their celebrations. From the sparks of democratic revolution to the pressures of new world emmigration, it feels so full of life that it’s hard to describe.
I think about this movie all the time. It’s not the most accessible, but it’s special. The visual and sonic storytelling are emotionally powerful. The experience will probably stick with me forever
Dies ist ein Meisterwerk im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Ein emotional bewegender und einzigartiger Film, der mich seit Jahren begleitet und eindeutig das Ergebnis eines langen Lebens ist, das der Kunst des Filmemachens gewidmet war.
In the years around the fall of the Wall, German families gathered around televisions for a widely popular series of films about German families. 1918 - 2000s.
The films made an impact. They were cinematic experiences, delivered by television. They were deeply popularist. They attempted to capture 70 transformative years of memory. They show German memory, its prosperity and its tragedies, from a intimate and honest perspective. Kubrick called the first one of his favorite films.
30 years later, then 80-year-old director of that series published this movie. It’s a prequel, set in a little farming village in the 1840s. At 255 minutes long, it takes its time. But I found every minute mesmerizing. It follows a family, their hardships, their celebrations. From the sparks of democratic revolution to the pressures of new world emmigration, it feels so full of life that it’s hard to describe.
I think about this movie all the time. It’s not the most accessible, but it’s special. The visual and sonic storytelling are emotionally powerful. The experience will probably stick with me forever
In the years around the fall of the Wall, German families gathered around televisions for a widely popular series of films about German families. 1918 - 2000s.
The films made an impact. They were cinematic experiences, delivered by television. They were deeply popularist. They attempted to capture 70 transformative years of memory. They show German memory, its prosperity and its tragedies, from a intimate and honest perspective. Kubrick called the first one of his favorite films.
30 years later, then 80-year-old director of that series published this movie. It’s a prequel, set in a little farming village in the 1840s. At 255 minutes long, it takes its time. But I found every minute mesmerizing. It follows a family, their hardships, their celebrations. From the sparks of democratic revolution to the pressures of new world emmigration, it feels so full of life that it’s hard to describe.
I think about this movie all the time. It’s not the most accessible, but it’s special. The visual and sonic storytelling are emotionally powerful. The experience will probably stick with me forever
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