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| Heimat | |
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| Directed by | Edgar Reitz |
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| Produced by | Edgar Reitz Hans Kwiet Joachim von Mengershausen Robert Busch Christian Reitz Margaret Menegoz |
| Starring | Marita Breuer Henry Arnold Salome Kammer Mathias Kniesbeck Michael Kausch Nicola Schössler Jan Dieter Schneider |
| Cinematography | Gernot Roll Gerard Vandenberg Christian Reitz Thomas Mauch |
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| Music by | Nikos Mamangakis Michael Riessler |
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Running time | 59+1⁄2 hours (total) |
| Country | West Germany |
| Languages | German Hunsrückisch |
Heimat is a series of films written and directed by Edgar Reitz about life in Germany from the 1840s to 2000 through the eyes of a family from the Hunsrück area of the 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 5 films — broken into 32 episodes — is 59 hours and 32 minutes, making it one of the longest series of feature-length films in cinema history.
The title Heimat (pronounced [ˈhaɪmaːt]) is a German word, often translated as "homeland" or "home place", but it has been opined that the word has no true English equivalent.[1][page needed][2] Usage has come to include that of an ironic reference to the film genre known as Heimatfilm which was popular in Germany in the 1950s. Heimat films were characterised by rural settings, sentimental tone and simplistic morality.
Aesthetically, the series is notable for the frequent switching between colour and black-and-white film to convey different emotional states. In 1987 it won a BAFTA for "Foreign Television Programme".[3]
The first "Heimat" film that covered the years 1918 to 1982, was released in 1984. It was followed by "Die Zweite Heimat" in 1993, that is set during the 1960s. In 2003, a direct sequel to both previous films was released, with lead actors from both films returning as their characters. In 2006, "Heimat Fragments" was released, which was made using unused footage and outtakes from the previous three films, along with newly filmed material to produce. A prequel film to the original was released in 2013.
- ^ Blickle, Peter (2004). Heimat: A Critical Theory of the German Idea of Homeland. Columbia, Maryland: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 1571133038.
- ^ Bittner, Jochen (28 February 2018). "Opinion | Why the World Should Learn to Say 'Heimat'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Television | Foreign Television Programme in 1987". BAFTA. Retrieved 15 August 2017.