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Heimat Fragmente: Die Frauen

Deutschland 1981-2006 Spielfilm

Heimat – Fragmente is the story of Lulu, the 35-year-old daughter of the musician Hermann Simon. The film reports, in 40 scenes, of her search for something which she calls “the old future of childhood.” At the same time, the film sketches in each of the 40 fragments the lives and dreams of the women of a century.

The spirits Lulu calls actually appear. We see old and forgotten war scenes in which her father’s brothers were involved; we experience absurd scenes at fairs; at the farm Grandmother Maria’s last cow is taken away; and Hermann, once again a schoolboy in shorts, experiences the beauty of first love with little Klara.

Lulu stumbles into a flush of discoveries: The scenes in which she finds herself are strange, heartbreaking, wild, romantic, magical or completely homey. It is a flood of never-ending love stories, career dreams and competitions for a place on the sunny side of life. The situations introduce unforgettable women like Maria, Lucie, Clarissa, Renate, Olga, Evelyne, Ms. Cerphal, Helga, Marianne or the wonderful Dorli from Duelmen. Lulu is transported in a baby carriage, on Hermann’s arm or in a rickety old car through this magic world – at times a baby, and at other times a curly-haired girl.

When Lulu finally finds the door out of this dream world, back into reality, reality is no longer what it used to be.

One of the old paradigms of film art is the topic of Heimat – Fragmente: With Lulu we experience the perfect turnaround of perspectives in time. Her view into the past signals not only the end of her youth, but also the begin of a new freedom.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • Edgar Reitz

Screenplay

  • Edgar Reitz
  • Peter F. Steinbach
  • Thomas Brussig

Director of photography

  • Christian Reitz
  • Gernot Roll
  • Gérard Vandenberg
  • Thomas Mauch

Editing

  • Christian Reitz
  • Heidi Handorf
  • Susanne Hartmann

Music

  • Michael Riessler
  • Nikos Mamangakis

Cast

  • Nicola Schößler
    Lulu
  • Henry Arnold
    Hermann Simon
  • Salome Kammer
    Clarissa Lichtblau
  • Caspar Arnhold
    Roland
  • Gudrun Landgrebe
    Klärchen Sisse
  • Jörg Richter
    Junger Hermann Simon
  • Michael Lesch
    Paul Simon
  • Marita Breuer
    Maria Simon
  • Rüdiger Weigang
    Eduard Simon
  • Eva Maria Bayerwaltes
    Pauline Simon

Production company

  • Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Edgar Reitz
  • Christian Reitz

Alle Credits

Director

  • Edgar Reitz

Screenplay

  • Edgar Reitz
  • Peter F. Steinbach
  • Thomas Brussig

Director of photography

  • Christian Reitz
  • Gernot Roll
  • Gérard Vandenberg
  • Thomas Mauch

Set design

  • Franz Bauer
  • Irmhild Gumm

Costume design

  • Reinhild Paul
  • Ute Schwippert
  • Bille Brassers
  • Nikola Hoeltz
  • Rosemarie Hettmann
  • Regine Bätz

Editing

  • Christian Reitz
  • Heidi Handorf
  • Susanne Hartmann

Casting

  • Petra Kiener

Music

  • Michael Riessler
  • Nikos Mamangakis

Cast

  • Nicola Schößler
    Lulu
  • Henry Arnold
    Hermann Simon
  • Salome Kammer
    Clarissa Lichtblau
  • Caspar Arnhold
    Roland
  • Gudrun Landgrebe
    Klärchen Sisse
  • Jörg Richter
    Junger Hermann Simon
  • Michael Lesch
    Paul Simon
  • Marita Breuer
    Maria Simon
  • Rüdiger Weigang
    Eduard Simon
  • Eva Maria Bayerwaltes
    Pauline Simon
  • Jörg Hube
    Otto Wohlleben
  • Matthias Kniesbeck
    Anton Simon
  • Sabine Wagner
    Martha Simon
  • Michael Kausch
    Ernst Simon
  • Karin Rasenack
    Lucie Hardtke, verheiratete Simon
  • Eva Maria Schneider
    Maria "Marie Goot" Schirmer
  • Peter Harting
    Hermann "Herrmännchen" Simon
  • Thomas Kylau
    Eberhard Zielke
  • Wilhelm Gräff
    Wilhelm, alter Dorfbewohner

Production company

  • Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Edgar Reitz
  • Christian Reitz

Original distributor

  • Kinowelt Filmverleih GmbH (Leipzig)

DVD distributor

  • Kinowelt Home Entertainment GmbH (Leipzig)

Funding

  • Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Kultur (Mainz)
Duration:
4172 m, 152 min
Format:
HD - überspielt auf 35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
s/w + Farbe, Dolby Digital
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung: 18.10.2006, 107782, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung: 01.09.2006, Venedig, IFF - Horizonte;
Erstaufführung (DE): 28.10.2006, Mainz, Staatstheater;
Kinostart (DE): 25.12.2006

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Heimat Fragmente: Die Frauen
  • Schreibvariante (DE) Heimat-Fragmente: Die Frauen
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Heimat IV
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Heimat - Fußnoten

Versions

Original

Duration:
4172 m, 152 min
Format:
HD - überspielt auf 35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
s/w + Farbe, Dolby Digital
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung: 18.10.2006, 107782, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung: 01.09.2006, Venedig, IFF - Horizonte;
Erstaufführung (DE): 28.10.2006, Mainz, Staatstheater;
Kinostart (DE): 25.12.2006

DVD-Fassung

Duration:
146 min
Format:
Digital, 16:9
Video/Audio:
s/w + Farbe, Dolby Digital
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung: 18.10.2006, 107782-a, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Veröffentlichung: Januar 2007, DVD

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