View Item - GR-H025-1996

Language:
German
Category:
Drama
Duration:
924
Catalog Num:
GR-H025-1996
Title:
Heimat (Heimat -- Chronicle of Germany)
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
VHS
Program:
German

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

The series tells the story of the village Schabbach, on the Hunsrueck in Germany through the years 1919-1982. Central person is Maria, who we see growing from a 17 year old girl to an old woman, and her family. The family, like the rest of the German people, lives through the crises after WWI, the rise and fall of Nazism and WWII, and the rebuilding and the following prosperity of the village (a microcosm of the whole country) after WWII. Director: Edgar Reitz. Cast: Marliese Assmann, Eva Maria Bayerswalter, Helga Bender. Color. English subtitles.

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