Heimat - Season 1 Episode 6 The Home Front (1943)

A Chronicle of Germany 1984-11-04 Germany 90 minutes.

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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Sep 16, 1984

1 - 1

The Call of Far-Away Places (1919-1928) Sep 16, 1984
1 - 2

The Center of the World (1928-1933) Sep 19, 1984
1 - 3

The Best Christmas Ever (1935) Sep 23, 1984
1 - 4

The Highway (1938) Sep 26, 1984
1 - 5

Up and Away and Back (1938-1939) Oct 08, 1984
1 - 6

The Home Front (1943) Oct 15, 1984
1 - 7

Soldiers and Love (1944) Oct 22, 1984
1 - 8

The American (1944-1947) Oct 31, 1984
1 - 9

Little Hermann (1955-1956) Nov 04, 1984
1 - 10

The Proud Years (1967-1969) Oct 21, 1984
1 - 11

The Feast of the Living and the Dead (1982) Oct 24, 1984

Overview

1943 -- the last large-scale German offensive assault on the eastern front begins at Kursk. The military situation really begins to deteriorate for the Germans in the Soviet Union. Maria gave birth to a son by Otto, named Hermann, unbeknownst to the former chief engineer. Both of Maria's older sons are in the German armed forces. Anton works with the film camera unit in the Soviet Union. Son Ernst has become an air cadet learning to fly fighter planes. Out of nowhere, Martha, the pregnant girlfriend of Anton, suddenly sows up at the Simon family home in Schabbach. Big-hearted Katharine of course takes her in. Martha and Maria becomes close friends. Later a special proxy marriage by phone takes place between Martha and Anton. In Russia, his film crew shoots his picture as the wedding by phone takes place.

Year 1984

Studio Das Erste

Director Edgar Reitz

Crew Heidi Handorf (Editor), Joachim von Mengershausen (Producer), Hans Kwiet (Producer), Edgar Reitz (Director), Gernot Roll (Director of Photography), Nikos Mamangakis (Original Music Composer)

Popularity 1.933

Language German