List of Heimat episodes
This is an episode guide for the film series Heimat created by Edgar Reitz.
Heimat
| No. | Title | Setting | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Longing to Escape" "Fernweh" | 1919–28 | 16 September 1984 |
| The teenager Paul Simon takes up the hobby of radio and marries the girl Maria, but leaves the village and never returns. | |||
| 2 | "The Centre of the World" "Die Mitte der Welt" | 1929–33 | 19 September 1984 |
| Paul Simon's brother Eduard moves to Berlin and meets the socialite Lucie. | |||
| 3 | "A Christmas Like No Other" "Weihnacht wie noch nie" | 1935 | 23 September 1984 |
| Eduard Simon becomes the mayor of a village near Schabbach. | |||
| 4 | "Highway of the Reich" "Reichshöhenstraße" | 1938 | 26 September 1984 |
| A highway is built near Schabbach, and one of the engineers, Otto, becomes Maria's lover. | |||
| 5 | "Up and Away and Back" "Auf und davon und zurück" | 1938–39 | 8 October 1984 |
| Paul writes from the United States that he is visiting, forcing his ex-wife Maria to break up with Otto. However without proof of his Aryan lineage Paul is unable to enter Germany. | |||
| 6 | "The Home Front" "Heimatfront" | 1943 | 15 October 1984 |
| Anton Simon, fighting on the Russian front, marries Martha Hanke via a telephone wedding. Schabbach villagers confront the morality of Nazism. | |||
| 7 | "Soldiers and Love" "Die Liebe der Soldaten" | 1944 | 22 October 1984 |
| The Simon family deals with the waning years of the German war. | |||
| 8 | "The American" "Der Amerikaner" | 1945–47 | 31 October 1984 |
| Paul returns to Germany. The Simon family struggles for prosperity in the lean post-war years. | |||
| 9 | "Little Hermann" "Hermännchen" | 1955–56 | 4 November 1984 |
| The teenage Hermann has a love affair with 26-year-old Klärchen, who is ostracized from Schabbach. | |||
| 10 | "The Proud Years" "Die stolzen Jahre" | 1967–69 | 21 October 1984 |
| Anton Simon and his brother Ernst struggle for success in their businesses. | |||
| 11 | "The Feast of the Living and the Dead" "Das Fest der Lebenden und der Toten" | 1982 | 24 October 1984 |
| It is the twilight years of the older generation of the Simons, with a flashback to Maria's 70th birthday party and then her funeral. | |||
Die Zweite Heimat
| No. | Title | Setting | Featured character | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Time Of The First Songs" "Die Zeit der ersten Lieder" | 1960 | Hermann | 4 March 1993 |
| Hermann Simon leaves the Hunsrück and comes to Munich to study music. He makes friends, falls for the cellist Clarissa Lichtblau and starts to fight against this love. | ||||
| 2 | "Two Strange Eyes" "Zwei fremde Augen" | 1960–61 | Juan | 7 March 1993 |
| Juan Ramón Fernández Subercaseaux, a young Chilean, attempts to make some progress with his talents, for he has too many. Hermann becomes friends with Juan, Juan kisses Clarissa and Hermann loses all of his worldly possessions to Frau Moretti. He becomes sick for the first time away from home. | ||||
| 3 | "Jealousy And Pride" "Eifersucht und Stolz" | 1961 | Evelyne | 11 March 1993 |
| Evelyne Cerphal, the girl with the deep voice, loses her father and starts out to look for her mother, who is presumed to be dead. She ends up in Fraülein Cerphal's villa in Schwabing, named Fuchsbau ("foxhole"), and sees a film première of some young filmmakers. Hermann, Clarissa and Juan are jealous and hurt each other's feelings. Evelyne meets Ansgar Herzsprung. | ||||
| 4 | "Ansgar's Death" "Ansgars Tod" | 1961–62 | Ansgar | 14 March 1993 |
| Ansgar and Evelyne become inseparable, and Olga Müller shoots at Ansgar to try to kill her love. Clarissa wins a cello competition, playing a piece written by Hermann, and Hermann is overshadowed by her and suffers because of it. Ansgar points out his parents to Evelyne, and suffers from self-doubt. An artists' party is celebrated during carnival and Ansgar dies in a tram accident. | ||||
| 5 | "The Game With Freedom" "Das Spiel mit der Freiheit" | 1962 | Helga | 18 March 1993 |
| Helga Aufschrey languishes, and she and Hermann see the Schwabing riots. Hermann is beaten by a policeman and flees Munich. He arrives in Helga's sleepy hometown, and becomes the dream man of three women. | ||||
| 6 | "Kennedy's Children" "Kennedys Kinder" | 1963 | Alex | 21 March 1993 |
| Alex, the eternal philosopher, experiences the day of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Fraülein Cerphal has a cherry tree chopped down. Hermann refuses to accept the dreams of Helga's. Clarissa refuses to have a child that could have two fathers. The young filmmakers have a falling-out; Hermann meets Waltraud Schneider ("Schnüsschen"); and the death of the American president rescues Helga from committing suicide. | ||||
| 7 | "Christmas Wolves" "Weihnachtswölfe" | 1963 | Clarissa | 25 March 1993 |
| Clarissa almost dies from complications after an abortion. Hermann performs his SPUREN concert ("Traces") and remains alone afterwards. Helga and Stefan Aufhauser realize that they can torture one another. Juan and Renate Leineweber bury their hopes. Christmas draws near and Hermann has to cling to Schnüsschen. Clarissa flees from the clinic and she, once again, misses the right moment with Hermann. | ||||
| 8 | "The Wedding" "Die Hochzeit" | 1964 | Schnüsschen | 28 March 1993 |
| Schnüsschen celebrates New Year's Eve in the Hunsrück, and resolves to marry soon. She and Hermann take care of the children of a girlfriend of hers and she demonstrates to him the advantages of a perfect household. Clarissa goes to Paris in order to play for a famous cello teacher. The wedding of Hermann and Schnüsschen turns into a party for all of their friends. Clarissa returns and goes to the wedding reception as everyone is already in despair. Juan attempts suicide. | ||||
| 9 | "The Eternal Daughter" "Die ewige Tochter" | 1965 | Fräulein Cerphal | 1 April 1993 |
| Fraülein Cerphal finds out that her father will die soon, and realises that Fuchsbau rightfully belongs to a Jewish family. Hermann and Schnüsschen do everything for their child and try to be happy. Clarissa returns from California and her cello breaks. Volkert becomes a great pianist and gets closer to Clarissa. Herr Cerphal dies and it is the end of an era. | ||||
| 10 | "The End Of The Future" "Das Ende der Zukunft" | 1966 | Reinhard | 4 April 1993 |
| Reinhard Dörr returns from Mexico and finds Fuchsbau destroyed. He tries, together with Rob Stürmer, to depict the disappearance of the house in a film. Hermann composes a requiem for the villa and the friends have a fight on the construction site. Clarissa becomes a mother. Reinhard goes to Venice in order to write a screenplay, meets Esther Goldbaum there and drowns in the Ammersee. | ||||
| 11 | "Time Of Silence" "Die Zeit des Schweigens" | 1967–68 | Rob | 8 April 1993 |
| Rob meets Esther and develops a film technology. Esther visits Dachau concentration camp with her father and loses all trace of her mother. Hermann meets Consul Handschuh. Clarissa and Hermann attempt to come to grips with day-to-day life. Clarissa stops playing the cello. Hermann cheats on Clarissa, and he and Rob get lost in experiments. Helga becomes politically active on the New Left and fights with the artists. Rob loses his sight for a while during the première presentation of VariaVision. | ||||
| 12 | "A Time Of Many Words" "Die Zeit der vielen Worte" | 1968–69 | Stefan | 11 April 1993 |
| Stefan goes to Berlin to shoot his first film, and Helga interferes. Schnüsschen becomes a student late in life and has a "self-realization". Clarissa discovers singing with an American girlfriend. Hermann leaves Schnüsschen and flies to Katrin in Berlin. A Hollywood producer, unwittingly, pays for the whole revolt against Stefan. Hermann is confronted with the rubble of his past. | ||||
| 13 | "Art Or Life" "Kunst oder Leben" | 1970 | Hermann and Clarissa | 11 April 1993 |
| Hermann becomes the crown prince of Isarfilm, and the childless consul wants to make him a surrogate son. Hermann looks for advice from friends and can't find any of his friends anymore. Hermann follows Clarissa and finally finds her in Amsterdam. He experiences Clarissa's show Hexenpassion ("Witches' Passion") and spends a long night with her. He returns to his small town of Schabbach, in order to learn how to wait. | ||||
Heimat 3
| No. | Title | Setting | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Happiest People in the World" "Das glücklichste Volk der Welt" | 1989 | 15 December 2004 |
| 2 | "The World Champions" "Die Weltmeister" | 1990 | 17 December 2004 |
| 3 | "The Russians are Coming" "Die Russen kommen" | 1992–93 | 20 December 2004 |
| 4 | "Everyone's Doing Well" "Allen geht's gut" | 1995 | 22 December 2004 |
| 5 | "The Heirs" "Die Erben" | 1997 | 27 December 2004 |
| 6 | "Farewell to Schabbach" "Abschied von Schabbach" | 1999–2000 | 29 December 2004 |
Heimat Fragments
| No. | Title | Setting | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Heimat Fragments: The Women" "Heimat-Fragmente: Die Frauen" | 1999–2000 & 1960s | 2 September 2006 |
Home from Home
| No. | Title | Setting | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Home from Home" "Die andere Heimat" | 1842-1844 | 29 August 2013 (Venice Film Festival) 28 September 2013 (general release) |