Home from Home (2013 film)
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| Directed by | Edgar Reitz |
| Written by | Gert Heidenreich Edgar Reitz |
| Produced by | Christian Reitz |
| Starring | Jan Schneider |
| Cinematography | Gernot Roll |
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Running time | 225 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Home from Home (German: Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht) is a 2013 German drama film directed by Edgar Reitz. It was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.[1][2] It is shot in black and white, but there are some colour sequences. It is a prequel to the Heimat film series and concerns the Simon family living in the fictional Hunsrück village of Schabbach from 1840–1844.
Cast
[edit]- Jan Dieter Schneider as Jakob Simon
- Antonia Bill as Henriette (Jettchen)
- Maximilian Scheidt as Gustav Simon
- Marita Breuer as Margarethe Simon
- Rüdiger Kriese as Johann Simon
- Philine Lembeck as Florinchen
- Mélanie Fouché as Lena
- Eva Zeidler as Großmutter
- Reinhard Paulus as Unkel
- Barbara Philipp as Frau Niem
- Christoph Luser as Franz Olm
- Rainer Kühn as Dr. Zwirner
- Konstantin Buchholz as Der junge Baron
- Andreas Külzer as Dorfpfarrer Wiegand
- Julia Prochnow as Hebamme Sophie
- Werner Herzog as Alexander von Humboldt
- Jeroen Perceval as Auswanderungswerber
Release
[edit]Home from Home was screened at the Venice Film Festival in September 2013.
Critical reception
[edit]On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10.[3] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 70 out of 100 from 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Out of Competition". labiennale. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Venice film festival 2013: the full line-up". The Guardian. London. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (Die Andere Heimat) (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in German)
- Home from Home at IMDb
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