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A massive chronicle of life in Germany, from 1919 to 1982, as reflected in the fluctuating fortunes of the members of one family, initially peasant-farmers, in the fictitious village of Schachbach in the Rhineland. An extraordinary succession of mostly ordinary events and characters--history seen fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Heimat (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion, Sender Freies Berlin, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Facets Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Reitz, Edgar, Steinbach, Peter, 1938-, Breuer, Marita, Weigang, Rüdiger, Bredel, Gertrud
Format: Video DVD
Language:German
Language Notes:In German with English subtitles.
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Facets Video, [2005]
Subjects:
Foreign films.
Germany > History > 20th century > Drama.
Families > Germany > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Drama.
Motion pictures, German.
Television mini-series.
Feature films.
Table of Contents:
  • disc 1. 1. Introduction to Heimat by Marc Silberman ; episode 1. Fernweh = The call of far-away places (1919-1928)
  • disc 2. episode 2. Die mitte Welt = The center of the world (1928-1933) ; episode 3. Weihnacht = The best Christmas ever (1935)
  • disc 3. episode 4. Reichshöherstrasse = The highway (1938) ; episode 5. Auf und davon un zürück = Up and away and back (1938-1939) ; episode 6. Heimatfront = The home front (1943)
  • disc 4. episode 7. Die Liebe der Soldaten = Soldiers and love (1944) ; episode 8. Der Amerikaner = The American (1945-1947)
  • disc 5. episode 9. Hermännchen = Little Hermann (1955-1956)
  • disc 6. episode 10. Die stolzen Jahre = The proud years (1967-1969) ; episode 11. Das Fest der Lebenden und der Tot = The feast of the living and the dead (1982)