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Heimat 2: Chronicle of a Generation – Youth in love and revolt in 1960s Germany

Posted on 1 July 2010 by Jason Best

Almost a decade after making his 16-hour epic Heimat (see yesterday’s post), German director Edgar Reitz followed up with an even more colossal magnum opus – Heimat 2: Chronicle of a Generation, which weighs in at 13 episodes and lasts … Continue reading →

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Heimat – Edgar Reitz’s epic film brings 20th-century German history home

Posted on 30 June 2010 by Jason Best

The first two series of Edgar Reitz’s epic film trilogy Heimat have just been re-released in hefty box sets – which has prompted me to add up the time I’ve dedicated to his monumental chronicle over the past three decades. … Continue reading →

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