Edgar Reitz (born 1932) is a German film director associated with the New German Cinema, best known for the long‑form Heimat trilogy.

Best known for the multi‑episode film Heimat (completed 1984) which chronicles 20th‑century Germany through a fictional Hunsrück village; notable for its episodic structure and the use of alternating black‑and‑white and color imagery.

Reviews celebrate Edgar Reitz's Heimat as a majestic, episodic masterpiece that chronicles 20th‑century Germany through the lives of a village. Critics praise its cinematography, alternating black & white and color, and its choral, non‑rhetorical perspective on history.

For:cinephiles, students of film history, fans of European and New German Cinema

 Ultimately, "Heimat" is a majestic masterpiece that brings into play the intimacy of family, Germany, and all of humankind, and gives us a chance to reflect on Time, the cycles of life, and feelings, while also reminding us not to overlook those small moments which too often, considered insignificant, are erased from history and our memory.

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