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Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984)
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Original name: Heimat
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 924 min.
TV show
Story:
This epic tale of a family and their rural life in a small German village is told against the changing backdrop of a country's turbulent history from 1919 to 1982. From the aftermath of the First World War, economic hardship, the rise and fall of Nazism, the Second World War and the decades that followed, life in the village goes on and the values and aspirations of the people at its heart are wonderfully brought to life in this gripping saga of an ordinary family living through extraordinary times.
Style:
epic, sentimental, sincere, atmospheric, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
world war two, small town, holocaust, village, world war one, family relations, sexuality, provincial life, ancestry, german culture, village people, forbidden love, disappearance, change, generation, german, youth, fascism, parents and children, family life, life is a bitch, village life, society, coming of age, hypocrisy ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, 70s, 60s, 50s, 1940s, 1930s ...
Place:
germany, europe
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Duration: 115 min.
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