Heimat
Heimat is a series of films written and directed by Edgar Reitz about life in Germany from the 1840s to 2000 through the eyes of a family from the Hunsrück area of the Rhineland-Palatinate. The family's personal and domestic life is set against the backdrop of wider social and political events. The combined length of the 5 films – broken into 32 episodes – is 59 hours and 32 minutes, making it one of the longest series of feature-length films in cinema history.
The title Heimat (pronounced [ˈhaɪmaːt]) is a German word, often translated as "homeland" or "home place", but it has been alleged that the word has no true English equivalent.[1][page needed] Usage has come to include that of an ironic reference to the film genre known as Heimatfilm which was popular in Germany in the 1950s. Heimat films were characterised by rural settings, sentimental tone and simplistic morality. (from Wikipedia)
The title Heimat (pronounced [ˈhaɪmaːt]) is a German word, often translated as "homeland" or "home place", but it has been alleged that the word has no true English equivalent.[1][page needed] Usage has come to include that of an ironic reference to the film genre known as Heimatfilm which was popular in Germany in the 1950s. Heimat films were characterised by rural settings, sentimental tone and simplistic morality. (from Wikipedia)
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