'Heimat' Director: Edgar Reitz (1984) Second Sight Blu-ray box set | Seven parts - 889mins | German w/ English subtitles Five years in the making, Heimat is one of the most compelling and highly praised dramas in television history. This epic tale of a family and their rural life in a small German village is told against the changing backdrop of a country’s turbulent history from 1919 to 1982. From the aftermath of the First World War, economic hardship, the rise and fall of Nazism, the Second World War and the decades that followed - life in the village goes on and the values and aspirations of the people at its heart are wonderfully brought to life in this gripping saga of an ordinary family living through extraordinary times. Special features include:- The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages, Edgar Reitz's 2-hour documentary 'prologue' to Heimat on the villages and people of Hunsrück- Interviews with cast and crew on the making of and restoration of Heimat- Introduction by Jan Harlan on the significance of Heimat for Stanley Kubrick- Visual Essay by Daniel Bird
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