Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany - Set 1

Alternative title

Heimat: Eine Deutsche Chronik

Synopsis

Shot over two years, Edgar Reitz’s 11-part series HEIMAT, made for German television, is a semi-autobiographical drama telling the the saga of a German family, living in a small village, from the end of World War I to 1982. The family, like the rest of the German people, live through the crises after World War1, the rise and fall of Nazism and World War 2, and the ensuing rebuilding and ensuing prosperity of the village.

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Germany

Year of production

1984

Notes

German with English subtitles

Subjects

German studies; History

Keywords

foreign language films; Germany; social history; television documentary films; World War 1; World War II

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£59.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

924 minutes

Year

2008

Distributor

 

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Name

Tartan Video

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