Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision

Original title: Die andere Heimat - Chronik einer Sehnsucht

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

1.6K

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Jan Dieter Schneider in Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (2013)

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Drama History

Jakob longs for a new life for himself and his troubled family in Brazil.Jakob longs for a new life for himself and his troubled family in Brazil.Jakob longs for a new life for himself and his troubled family in Brazil.

Director
- Edgar Reitz
Writers
- Edgar Reitz
- Gert Heidenreich
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Edgar Reitz
Writers
- Edgar Reitz
- Gert Heidenreich
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 9 wins & 8 nominations

Trivia
The strange brass instrument played by Florine at the Smearcase Fair is an ophicleide.

Connections
Follows Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984)

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Featured review

9/10

Beautiful, profound and deeply moving - a work of fine art

As a companion to the outstanding Heimat TV series, this film has immense value. We see an exquisite portrait of rural life in the Hunsrück during the troubled 1840s. These were troubled times through much of Europe when rural poverty was severe, and oppression by the landed gentry was ruthless.

But this is more than just a story about a small village not far from the Rhine. Reitz' entire work - the three Heimat series and this prequel - is one of greatest cinematic endeavours of our times. The beauty of the photograpy is unsurpassable, even by the standards set by Ingmar Bergman's wonderful filmographer Sven Nykvist The story lines are deftly crafted and the characterisation is faultless. Enjoying a work of such stature has been a wonderful experience