TV Series · 1984

Heimat

90 min · Drama · Ended

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8.1

IMDb

8.7 / 10

3,543 votes

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8.0 / 10

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Synopsis

Spanning 1919 to 1982, in the fictional village of Schabbach, live Maria Simon and her family, whose lives and community are changed by historical events around them.

Trailer

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Cast

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Kurt Wagner

Glasisch Karl

Marita Breuer

Maria Simon

Rüdiger Weigang

Eduard Simon

Gertrud Bredel

Katharina Simon

Karin Rasenack

Lucie Hardtke

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Willi Burger

Mathias Simon

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Johannes Lobewein

Alois Wiegand

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Wilfried Wiegand

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Eva Maria Schneider

Marie-Goot

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Arno Lang

Robert Kröber

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Sabine Wagner

Martha

Eva Maria Bayerwaltes

Pauline

Helga Bender

Martina

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Alexander Scholz

Hänschen

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Jörg Hube

Otto Wohlleben

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Otto Henn

Glockzieh

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Manfred Kuhn

Wirt

Gabriele Blum

Lotti

Gudrun Landgrebe

Klärchen Sisse

Dieter Schaad

Paul Simon

Crew

Art

Franz Bauer Set Decoration
Franz Bauer Art Direction
Bernd Klinkert Property Master
Peter Junghans Props

Camera

Gernot Roll Director of Photography
Helmut Gistke Grip
Rainer Gutjahr Assistant Camera
Christian Reitz Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Reinhild Paul Costumer
Regine Bätz Costume Design
Ute Schwippert Costume Designer
Lore Blasweiler Makeup Department Head
Paul Schmidt Makeup Designer
Birgit Reinert Makeup Designer
Ruth Noé Makeup Designer
Evelyn Döhring Makeup Designer
Rita Feigel Makeup Designer
Lilli Weckmüller Wardrobe Coordinator
Doris Hunnius Wardrobe Designer
Ilse Brassers Wardrobe Master

Crew

Gernot Roll Cinematography
Monica Fritz Script
Karl Baumgartner Pyrotechnician
Heinz Sottung Lighting Camera
Peter Steinbach Script
Edgar Reitz Script

Directing

Edgar Reitz Director
Robert Busch Assistant Director
Elke Vogt Assistant Director

Editing

Heidi Handorf Editor
Mulle Goetz-Dickopp Assistant Editor
Margarete Rose Assistant Editor
Caroline Meier Assistant Editor
Carola Aulitzky Assistant Editor
Kirsten Liesenborghs Assistant Editor
Martin Höner Assistant Editor

Lighting

Klaus Weischer Electrician
Volker Meyer-Dabisch Electrician

Production

Joachim von Mengershausen Producer
Hans Kwiet Producer
Edgar Reitz Producer
Horst Wilhelm Production Driver
Dagmar Heyer Production Assistant
Anne Neunecker Production Secretary
Inka Buss Accountant
Robert Busch Casting
Inge Richter Production Manager
Jo Schäfer Production Director
Carl Hoestermann Production Director
Eric Nellessen Production Director

Sound

Nikos Mamangakis Original Music Composer
Nikos Mamangakis Music
Gerhard Birkholz Sound
Willi Schwadorf Sound Technical Supervisor

Writing

Peter Steinbach Writer
Peter Steinbach Idea
Peter Steinbach Story
Peter Steinbach Screenplay
Edgar Reitz Writer
Edgar Reitz Idea
Edgar Reitz Story
Edgar Reitz Screenplay

Seasons & episodes

Season 1 (1 ep)

9. Little Hermann (1955-1956)

Nov 4, 1984 · 138 min

1955 -- West Germany joins NATO, while East Germany joins the Warsaw Pact. Maria absolutely dotes on her son Hermann. She has great plans for him, wanting him to become very educated. He is actually the first member of the family even to receive a grammar school education. He is somewhat of a poet and wants to become a music composer. The young Hermann is at the girl-crazy stage of his life. He flirts a lot with the two women who live in the family home: Lotti and Klarchen. He persistently and annoyingly pesters the two young women. He is so persistent that the eleven-year older Klarchen starts to return his attention. And when Klarchen starts kissing him, Lotti joins in with a hand job that leads to an orgasm for Hermann. Klarchen and Hermann are soon in love with each other. Klarchen becomes pregnant by Hermann. She goes to a clinic where she has an abortion. She then leaves the village to protect both herself and Hermann from the possible consequences of a village scandal. Hermann, however, visits Klarchen in Koblenz. They try to keep the affair secret, but one day a letter is delivered to Maria from Klarchen to Maria's son Hermann. Maria is very curious and opens the letter and discovers the affair. Maria tells her son Anton. Anton goes ballistic and the two of them gang up on Hermann when he returns home. This only manages to make Hermann more alienated from his mother and his brother Anton. (His Uncle Ernst was his ally and even agreed to act as middleman between Klarchen and Hermann. This creates a further rift in the relationship between Anton and Ernst.) Anton writes a nasty letter to Klarchen threatening her with prosecution for having sex with a minor. The letter also explains that her employer has been informed of her conduct and she will soon be fired from her job as the children's caretaker.