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Thematic programmes - Looking for Homeland
This documentary arises in preparation for Heimat, Reitz’s following project, and reveals stories and legends of the Woppenroth region, in Hunsrück. Unlike the people in Heimat, the community in Tales From the Hunsrück Village chose to stay in their hometown, remaining as the region’s collective consciousness. Through a nostalgic perspective, the audience understands that, although these people’s lives continue the same, the country around them has changed.
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Original Title:
Geschichten aus den Hunsrückdörfern -
Country:
Germany -
Year:
1981 - 117 min Subtitles EN
Director
Edgar Reitz
Edgar Reitz is a filmmaker, author and professor born in Hunsrück, Germany, in 1932. In 1957, he began working in documentaries and, in 1967, released his first feature Mahlzeiten, which took him to the Venice Film Festival and delineated the German New Wave. Throughout the following decades, Reitz would not only direct several films, but he would also publish books and articles on film theory, aesthetics, and the future of filmmaking. In 1995, he created the “European Film Academy” in Carlsrue, and directed it until 1998. Amongst his more important films, one finds Cardillac (1969), Die Reise Nach Wien (1973), and the Heimat trilogy, comprised of 31 feature films shaping one of the longest epics in cinema. During his career, Reitz was celebrated by several universities and earned multiple awards across European Film Festivals such as Venice and Berlin. In 2006, he was presented the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.