HEIMAT - EINE CHRONIK IN ELF TEILEN
by Edgar Reitz
synopsis
The series (11 episodes) tells the story of the village Schabbach, on the Hunsrueck in Germany through the years 1919-1982. Central person is Maria, who we see growing from a 17 year old girl to an old woman, and her family. The family, like the rest of the German people live through the crises after WW-I, the rise and fall of Nazism and WW-II, and the rebuilding and the following prosperity of the village (as a symbol for the whole country) after WW II.
international title: | Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany |
original title: | Heimat - Eine Chronik in elf Teilen |
country: | Germany |
year: | 1984 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Edgar Reitz |
film run: | 924' |
release date: | DE 16/09/1984, SE 03/02/1985, UK 02/1985, IT 09/1985, DK 06/10/1985, ES 07/11/1985, FI 26/01/1986, FR 09/01/1987, NL 13/09/1987, PL 08/01/1990 |
screenplay: | Edgar Reitz, Peter F. Steinbach |
cast: | Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Weigang, Kurt Wagner |
cinematography by: | Gernot Roll |
film editing: | Heidi Handorf |
art director: | Franz Bauer |
costumes designer: | Reinhild Paul, Regine Bätz, Ute Schwippert |
producer: | Hans Kwiet, Edgar Reitz, Joachim von Mengershausen |