
Anna Hepp meets with renowned German director Edgar Reitz in one of Germany’s most famous cinemas: the Lichtburg in Essen. Read More »
Tag Archives: Edgar Reitz
The Middle of the Road Is a Very Dead End (1974) Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz, Dagmar Bödderich, Jutta Winkelmann, Alfred Edel

Two women with different goals in life are independently out on the town of Frankfurt am Main. Read More »
Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings / Heimat 3 – Chronik einer Zeitenwende (2004) Edgar Reitz, Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer, Peter Schneider

Hermann Simon and Clarissa Lichtblau reunite after almost exactly 19 years Read More »
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany / Heimat – Eine Chronik in elf Teilen (1984) Edgar Reitz, Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Weigang, Kurt Wagner

The series tells the story of the village Schabbach, on the Hunsrueck in Germany through the years 1919-1982. Read More »
Heimat 2: Chronicle of a Generation / Die Zweite Heimat – Chronik Einer Jugend (1992) Robert Busch, Edgar Reitz, Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer, Frank Röth

The movie consist of 13 separate episodes each handling a period between 1960 and 1970. Read More »
Heimat Fragments: The Women / Heimat-Fragmente: Die Frauen (2006) Edgar Reitz, Nicola Schössler, Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer

Lulu, the daughter of musician Hermann Simon, is looking for something she feels is missing from her life. Read More »
Zero Hour AKA Stunde Null (1977) Edgar Reitz, Kai Taschner, Herbert Weissbach, Günter Schiemann

The narrative is set in the summer of 1945 in a small village outside Leipzig Read More »
Mahlzeiten / Table for Love (1967) Edgar Reitz, Heidi Stroh, Georg Hauke, Nina Frank

Elizabeth is a young woman who seeks happiness excessively burning out all those around her. Read More »
Tales Of The Dumpster Kid (1971) Edgar Reitz, Ula Stöckl, Kristine de Loup, Bruno Bendel, Alf Brustellin

The Dumpster Kid is an artistic creation: in every story society forces her to learn something. Read More »