"Die zweite Heimat - Chronik einer Jugend" (1992) TV mini-series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

5 September 1992 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The movie consist of 13 separate episodes each handling a period between 1960 and 1970. The length of these periods varies from one day to some years...

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series | Sequel

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Henry Arnold	...	Hermann Simon (13 episodes, 1993)
Salome Kammer	...	Clarissa Lichtblau (13 episodes, 1993)
Frank Röth	...	Stefan Aufhauser / ... (13 episodes, 1993)
Noemi Steuer	...	Helga Aufschrey (11 episodes, 1993)
Franziska Traub	...	Renate Leineweber (11 episodes, 1993)
Daniel Smith	...	Juan Subercasseaux (11 episodes, 1993)
Lena Lessing	...	Olga Mueller (11 episodes, 1993)
Martin Maria Blau	...	Jean-Marie Weber (11 episodes, 1993)
Armin Fuchs	...	Volker Schimmelpfennig (10 episodes, 1993)
Hannelore Hoger	...	Elisabeth Cerphal (10 episodes, 1993)
Michael Schönborn	...	Alex (10 episodes, 1993)
Holger Fuchs	...	Bernd (9 episodes, 1993)
Anke Sevenich	...	Waltraud 'Schnüsschen' Schneider (8 episodes, 1993)
László I. Kish	...	Reinhard Doerr (8 episodes, 1993)
Edith Behleit	...	Mutter Lichtblau (8 episodes, 1993)
Peter Weiss	...	Rob Stuermer (8 episodes, 1993)
Manfred Andrae	...	Gerold Gattinger / ... (7 episodes, 1993)
Michael Stephan	...	Clemens (7 episodes, 1993)

Also Known As:

2nd Heimat (USA)
Die zweite Heimat: Leaving Home
The Second Heimat (USA)
The Second Homeland: Chronicle of a Youth (literal English title)

Runtime:

1532 min | USA:1416 min

Country:

Germany | UK | Spain | Sweden | France | Norway | Finland | Austria | Denmark | Australia

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

Italy:T | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Edgar Reitz Film (ERF)

Trivia:

With a total running time of 25 hrs 32 min, it holds the Guinness World Record for 'Longest Film Commercially Shown In Its Entirety' as it premiered on theater screens in Munich, Germany in September 1992.

Movie Connections:

References Die Patriotin (1979)

No work of art has influenced me more

Seeing this film, or rather set of films, in my early teens irrevocably changed my idea of the possibilities of human interaction and the range of potential experience. This monumental exploration of individuals, and their historical setting, reveals how full bodied and intense every human existence is. The people are portrayed as they are to themselves: their experiences of the smallest to the largest internal and external phenomena are detailed with the greatest of artistry and perception. Edgar Reitz displays a fabulous appreciation of human motivations and longings.

When these phenomena are set against the immense time allowed by the length of the work, one cannot help but apprehend the force and vivacity of happiness, defeat, lust, love, sadness, melancholy, that each person feels. When I saw these films I perceived my future experiences, how my life would inevitably twist and oscillate due to both intended and accidental events. I acquired a feeling of the longevity of being and what it meant to reflect upon past lives, memories and contexts. A masterpiece and a revelation. I only wish the BBC would screen it again.

If anyone knows where I can get a copy, could they contact me