Heimat [videorecording] : a chronicle / by Edgar Reitz ; [presented by] WGBH Boston ; written by Edgar Reitz and Peter Steinbach ; Regie, Edgar Reitz ; hergestellt von Edgar Reitz Filmproduktionsgesellschaft in Coproduktion mit dem SFB und dem WDR.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Facets Video,
Copyright Date:
c1996
Description:
9 videocassettes (924 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide ([19] p. ; 16 cm.)
Fernweh. Mitte der Welt. Weihnacht. Reichshöherstrasse. Auf und davon und zürück. Heimatfront. Liebe der Soldaten. Amerikaner. Hermännchen. Stolzen Jahre. Fest der Lebenden und der Tot.
Notes:
Originally produced in 1984; televised in the U.S. in 1987. Marita Breuer, Gertrud Bredel, Willi Burger, Michael Lesch, Rudiger Weigang, Johannes Lobewein, Kurt Wagner.
Contents:
[Tape 1.] 1. Fernweh = The call of far-away places -- [Tape 2.] 2. Die Mitte der Welt = The centre of the world -- [Tape 3.] 3. Weihnacht wie noch nie = The best Christmas ever -- [Tape 4.] 4. Reichshöherstrasse = The highway. 5. Auf und davon und zürück = Up and away and back --[Tape 5.] 6. Heimatfront = The home front. 7. Die Liebe der Soldaten = Soldiers and love -- [Tape 6.] 8. Der Amerikaner = The American -- [Tape 7.] 9. Hermännchen = Little Hermann -- [Tape 8.] 10. Die stolzen Jahre = The proud years -- [Tape 9.] 11. Das Fest der Lebenden und der Tot = The feast of the living and the dead.
Summary:
A fictional chronicle of life in Germany, from 1919 to 1982, as reflected in the fluctuating fortunes of the members of one family, initially farmers and craftsmen in a Rhineland village, later becoming soldiers, Nazi officials, industrialists, and famous artists.
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