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Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (TV Miniseries)

Heimat - Eine deutsche Chronik

1984

Edgar Reitz

Marita Breuer, Dieter Schaad, Michael Lesch, Eva Maria Bayerswaltes ...

8.0

356

TV Series. Drama It follows Maria Simon (Marita Breuer), a woman living in the fictional village of Schabbach. The film covers the years 1919 to 1982, depicting how the events of German history affected the Simon family and the community in which they lived.

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"In spite of its length, 'Heimat' is immensely, easily watchable (...) It is, most of the time, a work of imagination and feeling, a real achievement for Mr. Reitz"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Lusher The Guardian	"It's both strange and familiar, cosy then achingly hard, as the minutes and decades drift past (...) 'Heimat's most powerful trick is to switch between black-and-white and colour."	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Humane and comic, it's very finely acted, exact in period detail, and immaculately photographed (...) A magnificent achievement that will reward every hour it demands of your time."	POS
United States	Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times	"[It] is probably the first great original film-novel, a work of extraordinary range and ambition (...) Elating: It stretches your ideas of what movies can achieve and can be."	POS
United Kingdom	Sheila Johnston Telegraph	"The secret of his work's enduring universal appeal lies elsewhere, in its subtle view of the interplay between history's vast canvas and the close-knit texture of people's lives."	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"A must for aficionados, this is a major artistic landmark (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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