Edgar Reitz

Edgar Reitz

Personal information

Known for: Directing
Known credits: 50
Gender: Male
Born: November 1, 1932
Place of birth: Morbach, Germany

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Biography

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

Popular

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

Movie

2013

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

Movie · 2013

Heimat

Show

1984

Heimat

Show · 1984

Germany in Autumn

Movie

1978

Germany in Autumn

Movie · 1978

Yesterday Girl

Movie

1967

Yesterday Girl

Movie · 1967

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Movie

2013

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Movie · 2013

The Cat Has Nine Lives

Movie

1968

The Cat Has Nine Lives

Movie · 1968

Filmography

Directing

29 titles

2025

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
Movie

Director

2024

Subject: Filmmaking
Movie

Director

2013

2006

Heimat Fragments: The Women
Movie

Director

2004

Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings
Show

Director · 6 episodes

1995

The Night of the Filmmakers
Movie

Director

1993

Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation
Show

Director · 13 episodes

1984

Heimat
Show

Director · 11 episodes

1983

Biermann-Film
Movie

Director

1982

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages
Movie

Director

1979

Susanne tanzt
Movie

Director

Writing

24 titles

2025

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
Movie

Writer

2024

Subject: Filmmaking
Movie

Writer

2013

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
Movie

Screenplay

2004

Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings
Show

Writer · 6 episodes

1993

Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation
Show

Writer · 13 episodes

1984

Heimat
Show

Writer / Idea / Story / Screenplay · 11 episodes

1982

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages
Movie

Screenplay

1979

Susanne tanzt
Movie

Writer

1978

1977

Zero Hour
Movie

Writer

1974

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

Writer

Acting

20 titles

2024

Subject: Filmmaking
Movie

as Self

2022

Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Movie

as Self

2021

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
Movie

as Self

2020

Eight Hundred Times Lonely
Movie

as Himself

2018

Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias
Movie

as Self

2010

Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz
Show

as Self

2005

Von Sex bis Simmel
Movie

as Self

2004

Kulturplatz
Show

as Self

2002

1997

Nachtstudio
Show

as Self

1995

The Night of the Filmmakers
Movie

as Self

Production

13 titles

2004

Schabbach ist überall
Movie

Producer

1984

Heimat
Show

Producer · 11 episodes

1982

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages
Movie

Producer

1979

Susanne tanzt
Movie

Producer

1978

The Tailor from Ulm
Movie

Producer

1977

1974

Tales of the Dumpster Kid
Movie

Producer

1973

The Journey to Vienna
Movie

Producer

1972

The Golden Thing
Movie

Producer

1970

Cardillac
Movie

Producer

1967

Lust for Love
Movie

Producer

Camera

8 titles

1974

Tales of the Dumpster Kid
Movie

Director of Photography

1972

The Golden Thing
Movie

Director of Photography

1968

E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher
Movie

Director of Photography

1967

Yesterday Girl
Movie

Director of Photography

1963

Speed
Movie

Director of Photography

1962

Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung
Movie

Director of Photography

1960

Cotton
Movie

Director of Photography

1958

Story of an Opera House
Movie

Director of Photography

Crew

5 titles

1984

Heimat
Show

Script · 11 episodes

1982

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages
Movie

Cinematography

1979

Susanne tanzt
Movie

Cinematography

1977

Altstadt - Lebensstadt
Movie

Cinematography

1961

Yucatan
Movie

Cinematography

Editing

5 titles

1979

Susanne tanzt
Movie

Editor

1977

Altstadt - Lebensstadt
Movie

Editor

1963

Speed
Movie

Editor

1962

Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung
Movie

Editor

1958

Story of an Opera House
Movie

Editor

Creator

3 titles

2004

Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings
Show

Creator

1993

Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation
Show

Creator

1984

Heimat
Show

Creator