The original Heimat followed the rural life of Maria Simon and her family through the changing landscape of 20th century Germany an epic journey from the end of the First World War to 1982. In Heimat 2 originally titled 'Die Zweite Heimat' (The Second Homeland) we travel back to 1960 and take up the story of Maria's son Hermann who turns his back on his small village and heads to Munich to follow his dream and study music. During this era-defining decade of cultural social and political revolution Hermann finds love and friendship among the Bohemian collection of musicians filmmakers and writers that populate his new life. Edgar Reitz saw this Chronicle of a Generation as a journey to 'that place which we as adults find: the place we choose of our own free will and which we call our second home'. He achieved the seemingly impossible a second Heimat over 25 hours in length to equal the monumental achievement of his original masterpiece once again enthralling audiences around the world.
In Heimat: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings Edgar Reitz's epic series finally reaches it's monumental conclusion following the dramatic events of the century's tumultuous final decade from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the eve of the new millennium. Beginning in 1989 on the night that the Wall came down this 6-part series tells of the climate of disruption that followed the dreams of the people in the East & West and their attempts to realise them. Featuring familiar faces from Heimat 1 & 2 as well as a handful of unforgettable new characters Heimat 3 stands as an extraordinary achievement in its own right as well as bringing one of the world's most original and acclaimed filmed trilogies to a stunning close.
The concluding part of the Heimat saga detailing a decisive decade in the upheaval of the years 1989-1999. Beginning in 1989 on the night that the Wall came down this 6-part series tells of the climate of disruption that followed the dreams of the people in the East & West and their attempts to realise them. Featuring familiar faces from Heimat 1 & 2 as well as a handful of unforgettable new characters Heimat 3 stands as an extraordinar
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