Directed by:
Edgar ReitzComposer:
Nikos MamangakisCast:
Gudrun Landgrebe, Michael Lesch, Margot Mahler, Friederike Wagner, Joachim Bernhard, Marita Breuer, Matthias Kniesbeck, Michael Kausch, Karin Rasenack (more)Plots(1)
Edgar Reitz's monumental 11-part series Heimat tells the story of Schabbach, a German village in the Hunruck region, from 1919 to 1982. The story unfolds through the eyes of Maria Simon as she marries, raises her sons, and grows old while Germany changes around her. The Simon family, like the rest of the German people, endure the hard times after WWI, struggle with the rise and fall of Nazism and WWII, and then prosper with the rebuilding of the country after the war. Despite the film's sweeping scope of history, the tone is intimate as Reitz pays attention to the smallest details of daily life--for it is those moment that are the most memorable in retrospect. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Gudrun Landgrebe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759080_yctwcl.jpg)
Gudrun Landgrebe
West Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Der Bastard (1989) (series)
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde (2006) (series)
![Michael Lesch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656177_d88149.jpg)
Michael Lesch
West Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Margot Mahler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193842_2a3632.jpg)
Margot Mahler
Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Master Eder and His Pumuckl (1982) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Friederike Wagner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/038/160038294_1fb471.jpg)
Friederike Wagner
West Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Der Bestatter (2013) (series)
Berlin, section criminelle (2006) (series)
Joachim Bernhard
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Das Boot (1985) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Marita Breuer
West Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Alerte Cobra (1996) (series)
Matthias Kniesbeck
West Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Balko (1995) (series)
![Michael Kausch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/189/169189126_r6qpba.jpg)
Michael Kausch
West Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Tiere bis unters Dach (2010) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Karin Rasenack
Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Ein Mann steht seine Frau (1997) (series)
Pfarrer Braun (2003) (series)
Hans-Jürgen Schatz
West Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Schloss Einstein (1998) (series)
Pfarrer Braun (2003) (series)
![Peter Harting](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/634/160634307_4068d2.jpg)
Peter Harting
West Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Nick & Perry (2000) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Rüdiger Weigang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/848/160848035_22eaeb.jpg)
Rüdiger Weigang
German Empire
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Die Kommissarin (1994) (series)
![Rudolf Wessely](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/671/161671929_100c3a.jpg)
Rudolf Wessely
Austria
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Donna Leon (2000) (series)
![Wolfram Kunkel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/757/161757691_d6bf21.jpg)
Wolfram Kunkel
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Hubert und Staller (2011) (series)
Der Bulle von Tölz (1996) (series)
![Gerd Rigauer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/435/166435949_076398.jpg)
Gerd Rigauer
West Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Ralf Maria Beils
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Forsthaus Falkenau (1989) (series)
Hans Rainer Müller
Germany
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Inspecteur Derrick (1974) (series)
Wolfgang Scherer
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Stefanie Roth
Best series:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)