Edgar Reitz Movies

Filmmaker Utz Kastenholz has accompanied Edgar Reitz during the filming of the third part of the legendary family chronicle "Heimat". The fictitious...

Short by Edgar Reitz.

Elizabeth is a young woman who seeks happiness excessively burning out all those around her.

Kluge’s short-film starring his sister/muse Alexandra.

In the summer of 1967, journalist Katharina is visited in Munich by her French friend Anne. They take day trips and visit cafés,...

A documentary about the Hunsrück (an area in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) and its people.

Documentary, trying to catch up with the latest developments in the field of communication.

Anna Hepp meets with renowned German director Edgar Reitz in one of Germany’s most famous cinemas: the Lichtburg in Essen. Reitz talks about...

Short by Edgar Reitz and his daughter Susanne Reitz.

Early documentary by Edgar Reitz.

Short by Bernhard Dörries, Edgar Reitz and Stefan Meuschel.

Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the...

A short by Alexander Kluge.

A short montage about rhythm, movement, and speed.

In 1968, the young Edgar Reitz teaches filmmaking at a girls’ school – a ground-breaking educational experiment. Fifty-five years later,...