"Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings" -- divided into six episodes -- satisfyingly brings together the setting of writer-helmer Edgar Reitz's first "Heimat" series (1984) with the restless ...

Edgar Reitz's epic 1984 "Heimat" films heralded a new era in German cinema, portraying history differently, becoming part of Germany's cultural heritage. In 1984, the Venice Film Festival invited ...

The German Film Awards, just like the Oscars, also bestow an honorary award. This year, the honor goes to director Edgar Reitz, renowned for his "Heimat" film series — a timeless masterpiece. "Edgar ...

A compilation of outtakes from the first three "Heimat" series plus new footage fashioned to glue it all roughly together, "Heimat -- Fragments the Women" is essentially a DVD extra with feature ideas ...

Edgar Reitz’s fifth, beautifully monochrome instalment in the supra-epic Heimat series sees the German villagers dreaming of escape to Brazil Here is the fifth epic in Edgar Reitz’s supra-epic Heimat ...

At 53 hours and 25 minutes, it was already the longest series of feature-length films in cinema history. And now it is getting a four-hour prequel. This week the fourth instalment in Edgar Reitz's ...