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Edgar Reitz

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Born: November 1, 1932
From: Morbach, Germany

Biography

Edgar Reitz is a German film director and writer, best known for his "Heimat" trilogy.

Known for

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

Germany in Autumn

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation

In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

Tales of the Dumpster Kid

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

Filmography

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2025

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

Writing (Writer) Directing (Director)

2024

Subject: Filmmaking

Acting (Self) Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

2022

Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

Acting (Self)

2021

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

Acting (Self)

2020

Eight Hundred Times Lonely

Acting (Himself)

2018

Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

Acting (Self)

2013

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay)

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Directing (Director)

2010

Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz

Acting (Self) 1 EP

2006

Heimat Fragments: The Women

Directing (Director)

2005

Von Sex bis Simmel

Acting (Self)

2004

Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings

Writing (Writer) 6 EPDirecting (Director) 6 EPCreating (Creator)

Kulturplatz

Acting (Self) 1 EP

Schabbach ist überall

Production (Producer)

2002

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

Acting (Self) 1 EP

Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang

Acting (Self)

1997

Nachtstudio

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1995

The Night of the Filmmakers

Acting (Self) Directing (Director)

1993

Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation

Directing (Director) 13 EPWriting (Writer) 13 EPCreating (Creator)

1984

Directing (Director) 11 EPProduction (Producer) 11 EPWriting (Writer) 11 EPWriting (Idea) 11 EPWriting (Story) 11 EPWriting (Screenplay) 11 EPCrew (Script) 11 EPCreating (Creator)

1983

Biermann-Film

Directing (Director)

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1982

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages

Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay) Production (Producer) Crew (Cinematography)

Wortwechsel

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1979

Bavarian Film Awards

Acting (Self) 1 EP

Susanne tanzt

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Crew (Cinematography) Editing (Editor) Production (Producer)

1978

The Tailor from Ulm

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Production (Producer)

Germany in Autumn

Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay)

1977

Altstadt - Lebensstadt

Directing (Director) Crew (Cinematography) Production (Producer) Editing (Editor)

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Production (Producer)

1974

In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

Tales of the Dumpster Kid

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Production (Producer) Camera (Director of Photography)