Edgar Reitz

DirectorWriterActorProducerCrew Nov 1 (age 93) Morbach, Germany 1951–2025 (74 year career)

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Biography

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

Known For

Film

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

Director

Film

Heimat

Director

Film

Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation

Director

Film

Germany in Autumn

Director

Film

Yesterday Girl

Director of Photography

Film

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Director

Film

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

Director

Film

Subject: Filmmaking

Self

Filmography

Acting (20)

Movies (10)

Subject: Filmmaking

2024

as Self

7.6

Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

2022

as Self

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

2021

as Self

Eight Hundred Times Lonely

2020

as Himself

5.0

Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias

as Self

Von Sex bis Simmel

as Self

Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang

2002

as Self

The Night of the Filmmakers

1995

as Self

5.0

The Cat Has Nine Lives

1968

as Party Guest (uncredited)

4.5

Die Erben von Papas Kino

1968

Television (10)

Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz

2010

as Self

Kulturplatz

2004

as Self

6.0

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

2002

as Self

Nachtstudio

1997

as Self

Telestar

1983

as Self

Wortwechsel

1982

as Self

Bavarian Film Awards

1979

as Self

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

1967

as Self

6.0

Grimme Award

1964

as Self

German Film Award

1951

as Self

6.0

Crew (85)

Movies (74)

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

2025

Director

6.8

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

Writer

Subject: Filmmaking

Director

Subject: Filmmaking

Writer

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Director

4.9

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

2013

Director

7.8

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

2013

Screenplay

7.8

Heimat Fragments: The Women

2006

Director

5.8

Schabbach ist überall

2004

Producer

The Night of the Filmmakers

1995

Director

5.0

Biermann-Film

1983

Director

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages

1982

Cinematography

6.0

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages

1982

Director

6.0

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages

1982

Producer

6.0

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages

1982

Screenplay

6.0

Susanne tanzt

1979

Cinematography

Susanne tanzt

1979

Director

Susanne tanzt

1979

Editor

Susanne tanzt

1979

Producer

Susanne tanzt

1979

Writer

Germany in Autumn

Director

Germany in Autumn

Screenplay

The Tailor from Ulm

Director

The Tailor from Ulm

Producer

The Tailor from Ulm

Writer

Zero Hour

Director

Zero Hour

Producer

Zero Hour

Writer

Altstadt - Lebensstadt

1977

Cinematography

Altstadt - Lebensstadt

1977

Director

Altstadt - Lebensstadt

1977

Editor

Altstadt - Lebensstadt

1977

Producer

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

1974

Director

4.7

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

1974

Writer

4.7

The Journey to Vienna

1973

Director

4.6

The Journey to Vienna

1973

Producer

4.6

The Journey to Vienna

Writer

The Golden Thing

Director

The Golden Thing

Director of Photography

The Golden Thing

Producer

The Golden Thing

Writer

Tales of the Dumpster Kid

1971

Director

3.2

Tales of the Dumpster Kid

1971

Director of Photography

3.2

Tales of the Dumpster Kid

1971

Producer

3.2

Tales of the Dumpster Kid

Writer

Cardillac

Director

Cardillac

Producer

Cardillac

Writer

E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher

1968

Director of Photography

Lust for Love

Director

Lust for Love

Producer

Lust for Love

Writer

Die Kinder

Director

Die Kinder

1967

Producer

Die Kinder

1967

Writer

Yesterday Girl

1967

Director of Photography

Speed

Director

Speed

Director of Photography

Speed

Editor

Speed

Writer

Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung

1962

Director

6.0

Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung

1962

Director of Photography

6.0

Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung

1962

Editor

6.0

Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung

1962

Screenplay

6.0

Yucatan

1961

Cinematography

Yucatan

1961

Director

Yucatan

1961

Writer

Cotton

1960

Director

Cotton

1960

Director of Photography

Cotton

1960

Writer

Story of an Opera House

1958

Director

4.0

Story of an Opera House

1958

Director of Photography

4.0

Story of an Opera House

1958

Editor

4.0

Story of an Opera House

1958

Writer

4.0

Television (11)

Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings

2004

Director

4.8

Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings

2004

Writer

4.8

Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation

1993

Director

7.9

Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation

Writer

Heimat

Director

Heimat

Idea

Heimat

Producer

Heimat

Screenplay

Heimat

Script

Heimat

Story

Heimat

Writer