"Director: Edgar Reitz"

• Home From Home - A Chronicle of A Vision BR | Blu Ray | (15/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Edgar Reitz (director of the Heimat Trilogy) continues his visionary journey through German history with a domestic drama and love story set against the backdrop of a forgotten tragedy. In the mid-19th century, hundreds of thousands of Europeans emigrated to faraway South America. It was a desperate bid to escape the famine, poverty and despotism that ruled at home. Jakob, the younger of two brothers, dreams about leaving his small village for adventures in the wild Brazilian jungle. Everyone who encounters Jakob is drawn into the maelstrom of his dreams: his parents, his belligerent brother Gustav, and above all, Henriette, the daughter of a gem cutter fallen on hard times. His brother's imminent return from military service, however, is destined to shatter Jakob's world and his love for Henriette.

• Heimat: A Chronicle Of Germany (Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (30/04/2018) from £68.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Highly acclaimed eleven-part series directed by Edgar Reitz, originally produced for German television over a two-year period at the beginning of the 1980s. The series chronicles over 60 years of turbulent German history from 1919 to 1982, including the economic meltdown that followed World War 1, the rise and fall of the Nazis and World War 2, and the subsequent rebuilding of Germany in two halves, East and West. The tale unfolds in a small fictional rural village and follows the fortunes of a woman called Maria (Marita Breuer) who at the start of the series is a young girl, and by the end is an old woman who has lived to tell the tale of some of history's harshest moments. The series won the International Critics' Prize at the 1984 Venice Film Festival.

• Home From Home - A Chronicle of A Vision | DVD | (15/06/2015) from £8.79   |  Saving you £7.20 (81.91%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Edgar Reitz (director of the Heimat Trilogy) continues his visionary journey through German history with a domestic drama and love story set against the backdrop of a forgotten tragedy. In the mid-19th century, hundreds of thousands of Europeans emigrated to faraway South America. It was a desperate bid to escape the famine, poverty and despotism that ruled at home. Jakob, the younger of two brothers, dreams about leaving his small village for adventures in the wild Brazilian jungle. Everyone who encounters Jakob is drawn into the maelstrom of his dreams: his parents, his belligerent brother Gustav, and above all, Henriette, the daughter of a gem cutter fallen on hard times. His brother's imminent return from military service, however, is destined to shatter Jakob's world and his love for Henriette.

• Heimat - A Chronicle of Germany | DVD | (21/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  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. Edgar Reitz's astonishing 15-hour masterpiece appeared in 6th place when BBC2 ran a 40th birthday poll celebrating the station's greatest programmes and was 10th in Channel 4's '50 Greatest TV Dramas'. It has captivated audiences all over the world and will continue to be hailed as one of television's most rewarding and unforgettable experiences.

• Heimat 2 - Chronicle Of A Generation | DVD | (21/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  The original Heimat followed the rural life of Maria Simon and her family through the changing landscape of 20th century Germany an epic journey from the end of the First World War to 1982. In Heimat 2 originally titled 'Die Zweite Heimat' (The Second Homeland) we travel back to 1960 and take up the story of Maria's son Hermann who turns his back on his small village and heads to Munich to follow his dream and study music. During this era-defining decade of cultural social and political revolution Hermann finds love and friendship among the Bohemian collection of musicians filmmakers and writers that populate his new life. Edgar Reitz saw this Chronicle of a Generation as a journey to 'that place which we as adults find: the place we choose of our own free will and which we call our second home'. He achieved the seemingly impossible a second Heimat over 25 hours in length to equal the monumental achievement of his original masterpiece once again enthralling audiences around the world.

• Heimat 3 - A Chronicle Of Endings And Beginnings | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  In Heimat: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings Edgar Reitz's epic series finally reaches it's monumental conclusion following the dramatic events of the century's tumultuous final decade from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the eve of the new millennium. Beginning in 1989 on the night that the Wall came down this 6-part series tells of the climate of disruption that followed the dreams of the people in the East & West and their attempts to realise them. Featuring familiar faces from Heimat 1 & 2 as well as a handful of unforgettable new characters Heimat 3 stands as an extraordinary achievement in its own right as well as bringing one of the world's most original and acclaimed filmed trilogies to a stunning close.

• Heimat Fragments: The Women | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Following Edgar Reitz's highly acclaimed masterpieces Heimat: A Chronicle Of Germany Heimat 2: Chronicle Of A Generation and Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings' comes the wonderful feature length piece ogf the epic saga Heimat Fragments: The Women. Lulu the daughter of musician Herman Simon is looking for something she feels is missing from her life She delves into the past and is transferred to the lives of her ancestors via dreamlike sequences that show the hopes and realites of her female relations over the course of an entire century. Heimat Fragments is an intoxicating trip into the lives of venerable characters from different periods in Lulu's family history from long-forgotten scenes of war to every day family life on the farm. Her gaze into the past does not simply signal the end of her youth it means the beginning of a newly gained freedom.

• Fassbinder Collection Vol.2 | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.99

  Until his untimely death aged just 36 Rainer Werner Fassbinder blazed a trail through post-war German cinema leaving a prolific and celebrated body of work that continues to inspire shock and challenge audiences and filmmakers. Veronika Voss: Influeneced by Billy Wilder's 'Sunset Boulevard' Fassbinder's savage satire stars Rosel Zech as the eponymous Veronika Voss a washed-up film star who dreams of returning to the glory days of her past. In a Year of Thirteen Moons: Volker Spengler gives an extraordinary performance as the transgendered Elvira a man who has become a woman in a desperate bid to please a former lover. Relaying various episodes from Elvira's life Fassbinder's powerful film is one of his most intensely personal. The Third Generation: One of Fassbinder's most controversial films 'The Third Generation' is a perverse satire about an incompetent gang of bourgeois terrorists who are motivated more by a desire for action than by their weak political convictions. Germany in Autumn: This fascinating portmanteau film also takes as its subject the political unrest wrought in the autumn of 1977 by the terrorist activities of Red Army Faction. Through documentary dramatised vignettes and archival footage Fassbinder and his collaborators examine the events and explore the motivations behind this crisis point in German history.

• Heimat | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Heimat is Edgar Reitz's epic tale of family life in a small German village which spans across the generations from the end of the First World War. The epic 11 episode series first shown on BBC television in the 1980's tells the story of the German village Schabbach through the years 1919-1982...

• Lust for Love | DVD | (16/04/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (87.61%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Lust for Love (“Mahlzeiten”) is the story of Elizabeth (Heidi Stroh), a beautiful and seductive woman who has only one aim: happiness - and as much of it as possible! Like a hungry vampire she devours her husband (Georg Hauke) until he chooses death over life. Soon she must move to another unsuspecting victim. Influenced by the French Nouveau Vague and shot in beautiful black and white by Thomas Mauch, this film heralded EdgarReitz’s talent. When it was premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 1967 it won him the Best First Film award and in turn launched Reitz onto a world stage. Never before available on DVD in the UK.

• The Tailor from Ulm | DVD | (16/04/2012) from £5.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (150.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Tailor from Ulm (“Der Scneider von Ulm”) is the true story of the Bavarian Tailor Albrecht Berblinger (Tilo Puckner) who after a strange encounter with a balloon starts building a flying machine. Although not an engineer by profession, he never gives up. No matter how many obstacles are put in his way nor how many failures he endures, his ardour is never dampened. He continues with his dream to fly like a bird. This magical and lyrical tale, beautifully shot by Dietrich Lohman and Martin Schaffer, is (visionary director of “Heimat”) Edgar Reitz’s most famous feature film Available for the first time on DVD in the UK.

• Heimat 3 | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  The concluding part of the Heimat saga detailing a decisive decade in the upheaval of the years 1989-1999. Beginning in 1989 on the night that the Wall came down this 6-part series tells of the climate of disruption that followed the dreams of the people in the East & West and their attempts to realise them. Featuring familiar faces from Heimat 1 & 2 as well as a handful of unforgettable new characters Heimat 3 stands as an extraordinar

• Heimat | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Heimat is Edgar Reitz's epic tale of family life in a small German village which spans across the generations from the end of the First World War. The epic 11 episode series first shown on BBC television in the 1980's tells the story of the German village Schabbach through the years 1919-1982...

• Heimat 2 | DVD | (09/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Edgar Reitz's epic tale of family life focuses on the exploits of the young Hermann during the 1960s as he leaves his village life for Munich and focuses on the student revolts of the times... Edgar Reitz once again brilliantly explores themes of national and personal identity during times of great political and economic uncertainty and change. With a production on a scale to match the original Heimat 2 is both a triumphant success in its own right and the mainstay of the Heimat trilogy's grand narrative.

• Heimat 2 | DVD | (30/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Edgar Reitz's epic tale of family life focuses on the exploits of the young Hermann during the 1960s as he leaves his village life for Munich and focuses on the student revolts of the times... Edgar Reitz once again brilliantly explores themes of national and personal identity during times of great political and economic uncertainty and change. With a production on a scale to match the original 'Heimat 2' is both a triumphant success in its own right and the mainstay of the Heimat t

• Zero Hour | DVD | (01/04/2013) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Zero Hour (Stunde Null) is set in a small village (foreshadowing Heimat) in Lower Saxony in 1945 - the war has just finished. The US army has left and the Red Army is about to take over. Young Joschi (Kai Taschner), once a Nazi, is in love with the beautiful Isa (Anette Junger) and wants to follow his visitors to the West. The first US army patrol he encounters relieves him of more than his most prized possession; an American pilot's jacket. This film won the Silver Bowl for Outstanding German Film at the German Film Awards in 1977. For many people this film is Edgar Reitz's masterpiece, his greatest film. In any event for anyone this film is an absolute must see.Never before available on DVD in the UK.

• The Golden Fleece | DVD | (01/04/2013) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Once upon a time in a land far far away Jason (Christian Reitz) and his friends embarked an expedition to find the mythical The Golden Fleece (Das Goldene Ding). A timeless adventure based on the tale of Jason and the Argonauts from Greek Mythology. Edgar Reitz's third film is his first one exclusively in colour and is photographed by Reitz himself with immaculate precision. It was also Reitz's first collaboration with his illustrious composer, Nikos Mamangakis (The Tailor from Ulm, Heimat, Heimat 2, Heimat 3). Never before available on DVD in the UK.