"Heimat - Eine deutsche Chronik" (1984) TV mini-series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

31 March 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The series (11 episodes) tells the story of the village Schabbach, on the Hunsrueck in Germany through the years 1919-1982...

Plot Keywords:

Village | Mother Son Relationship | Timidity | 1970s | Deutschland

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Marita Breuer	...	Maria Simon (11 episodes, 1984)
Eva Maria Schneider	...	Marie-Goot (11 episodes, 1984)
Kurt Wagner	...	Glasisch Karl (11 episodes, 1984)
Rüdiger Weigang	...	Eduard Simon (11 episodes, 1984)
Johannes Lobewein	...	Alois Wiegand (10 episodes, 1984)
Karin Rasenack	...	Lucie Hardtke (10 episodes, 1984)
Eva Maria Bayerwaltes	...	Pauline (9 episodes, 1984)
Gertrud Bredel	...	Katharina / ... (9 episodes, 1984)
Hans-Jürgen Schatz	...	Wilfried Wiegand (9 episodes, 1984)
Johannes Metzdorf	...	Pieritz (8 episodes, 1984)
Wolfram Wagner	...	Maethes-Pat (7 episodes, 1984)
Helga Bender	...	Martina (6 episodes, 1984)
Willi Burger	...	Mathias / ... (6 episodes, 1984)
Arno Lang	...	Robert Kröber (6 episodes, 1984)
Alexander Scholz	...	Hänschen (6 episodes, 1984)
Sabine Wagner	...	Martha Simon (6 episodes, 1984)
Jörg Hube	...	Otto Wohlleben (5 episodes, 1984)

Also Known As:

Heimat
Homeland: A German Chronicle (literal English title)

Runtime:

9 min (11 episodes)

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German | English | French

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Sweden:7 | UK:15 | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Bundenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Company:

Edgar Reitz Film (ERF)

Goofs:

Continuity: In the narration at the beginning of "Das Fest der Lebenden und der Toten" we are told that Pauline died in 1979. However on the family tree the date is listed as 1975. This is confirmed when Hermann visits the grave and the date on the tombstone is 1975.

Movie Connections:

References Heimat (1938)

Heimat - as time goes by

You can only appreciate this series if you like the German tradition of very slowly moving, but brilliant novels, like 'the magic mountain' (der Zauberberg) by Thomas Mann. Don't expect any form of action: it's real life, looked at through the eyes of real people, and there's no heroism, just life and the things it does to all of us. I had the habit of watching at least one or two episodes each week in winter, and I think this is the way to enjoy the series; watching the whole thing in - let's say - one week, would ruin it and make it boring. The way music is integrated in the series, and even becomes a theme in the second series, often triggered something; it's like Marcel Proust's 'a la recherche du temps perdu': the emotions shown, the feeling of time moving on and never coming back and history being written without you being able to change a single thing doesn't make you happy, but gives you a mild feeling of accepting things just the way they are.