Heimat (1984)
- Starring:
- Marita Breuer, Dieter Schaad, (more)
- Director(s):
- Edgar Reitz
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Heimat
Unlike other feature-length versions of European TV miniseries, Heimat loses nothing in its translation to the big screen. It was 15 1/2 hours on TV, and remained 15 1/2 hours in theatres! Produced for German television over a 5-year period, Heimat details the turbulent years between 1919 and 1982 through the eyes of the citizens of a small, fictional German village. The central character is Marita Breuer, who matures from a fresh-faced teen to a wrinkled, grim-visaged survivor of the best and the worst life has to offer. The final sequences, far removed from such traumatic collective experiences as the inflation of 1923 and the war of the 1940s, tend to be more sentimental than the earlier passages, but are no less masterfully handled by director Edgar Reitz. Also worth noting is cinematographer Gernot Roll's creative use of color, often switching between hues and monochrome within a scene for dramatic impact. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 925 mins
Complete Cast of Heimat
- Marita Breuer - Maria Simon
- Michael Lesch - Paul Simon(young man)
- Rüdiger Weigang - Eduard Simon
- Gertrud Bredel - Katarina Simon
- Wolfram Wagner - Mäthes-Pat
- Karin Kienzler - Pauline Simon
- Mathias Kniesbeck - Anton Simon(older man)
- Rolf Roth - Anton Simon(teenager)
- Michael Kausch - Ernst Simon(older man)
- Ingo Hoffman - Ernst Simon(teenager)
- Jorg Richter - Herman Simon(younger man)
- Gertrud Sherer - Martha Wiegand
- Gabriele Blum - Lotti Schirmer
- Marlies Assmann - Appolonia
- Helga Bender - Martina
- Hans-Günter Kylau - Hauptmann Zielke
- Alexander Scholz
- Rudolf Wessely
- Andreas Mertens
- Alexandra Katins
- Otto Henn
- Jörg Hube
- William Berger
- Dieter Schaad - Paul Simon(old man)
- Eva Maria Bayerwaltes - Pauline Kröber(born Simon)
- Karin Rasenack - Lucie Simon
- Eva-Maria Schneider - Marie-Goot
- Kurt Wagner - Glassich Karl
- Arno Lang - Robert Kröber
- Markus Reiter - Anton Simon(young man)
- Sabine Wagner - Martha Simon
- Roland Bongard - Ernst Simon(younger man)
- Peter Harting - Hermann Simon(older man)
- Johannes Lobewein - Alsois Wiegand
- Hans Jürgen Schatz - Wilfried Wiegand
- Johannes Metzdorf - Fritz Pieritz
- Gudrun Landgrebe - Klärchen Sisse
- Joachim Bernhard - Pollak
- Gerd Riegauer - Gschrey
- Roswitha Werkheiser
- Virginie Moreno
- Heike Macht
- Anke Jandrychowski
- Willi Burger
- Kurt Wolfinger
- Director(s):
- Edgar Reitz
- Writer(s):
- Peter Steinbach, Edgar Reitz
- Producer(s):
- Edgar Reitz, Hans Kwiet, Joachim von Mengershausen
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