Edgar Reitz
Born 11/01/1932
(91 years old)
Morbach, German Empire
Biography (1)
Edgar Reitz – born in 1932 in the rural region of Hunsrück – participated in the Oberhausen Manifesto. From the 1960s onward, he made a number of widely acclaimed feature films, experimental films and documentaries and wrote various essays and books on film theory. Among his most important films are Cardillac (1969), Die Reise nach Wien (1973), Zero Hour (1977), and his world-famous epic Heimat trilogy, which spans a whole century and with its total length of over… (more)
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Subject: Filmmaking (2024)
Photo © Simon Haseneder
Director
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Home from Home - Chronicle of a Vision |
| 2006 |
Heimat-Fragmente: Die Frauen |
| 1978 |
Der Schneider von Ulm |
| 1977 |
Stunde Null |
| 1974 |
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death |
| 1973 |
Die Reise nach Wien |
| 1971 |
Stories of the Dumpster Kid |
The Golden Thing |
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| 1969 |
Cardillac |
| 1968 |
Uxmal |
| 1967 |
Lust for Love |
| Series | |
|---|---|
| 2004 |
Heimat 3 |
| 1992 |
Heimat II: A Chronicle of a Generation |
| 1984 |
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Subject: Filmmaking |
| 2013 |
Venice 70: Future Reloaded |
| 1995 |
Die Nacht der Regisseure |
| 1981 |
Geschichten aus den Hunsrückdörfern |
| 1978 |
Germany in Autumn |
| 1971 |
Kino zwei |
| 1963 |
Geschwindigkeit |
| 1962 |
Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 1982 |
Biermann-Film |
Cinematographer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 1966 |
Yesterday Girl |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 1981 |
Geschichten aus den Hunsrückdörfern |
| 1971 |
Kino zwei |
| 1963 |
Geschwindigkeit |
Screenwriter
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Home from Home - Chronicle of a Vision |
| 1977 |
Stunde Null |
| 1974 |
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death |
| 1967 |
Lust for Love |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Subject: Filmmaking |
| 1995 |
Die Nacht der Regisseure |
| 1981 |
Geschichten aus den Hunsrückdörfern |
| 1963 |
Geschwindigkeit |
Producer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 1967 |
Lust for Love |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 1981 |
Geschichten aus den Hunsrückdörfern |
| 1971 |
Kino zwei |
Editor
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 1963 |
Geschwindigkeit |
Guest
| Shows | |
|---|---|
| 1997 |
Nachtstudio |
| 1967 |
ttt - titel thesen temperamente |
Actor
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Subject: Filmmaking - a.f. |
| 2020 |
Hannelore Elsner - Ohne Spiel ist mir das Leben zu ernst (TV movie) |
| 2019 |
Eight Hundred Times Lonely |
| 2018 |
Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias |
| 2012 |
Die Rebellen von Oberhausen (TV movie) |
| 2009 |
Die poetische Kraft der Theorie & Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang |
| 2008 |
Papas Kino ist tot! Der Neue Deutsche Film - Ein Rückblick in Gesprächen |
| 1996 |
Den Lebenslauf zum Kunstwerk machen. Die filmischen Aufbrüche des Edgar Reitz (TV movie) |
| 1993 |
Ein Film kommt auf die Welt (TV movie) |
| 1991 |
Abschied vom Drehbuch (TV movie) |
| 1968 |
Die Erben von Papas Kino (TV movie) |