Heimat - Season 1 Episode 6 The Home Front (1943)
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
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Studio: Das Erste
Director: Edgar Reitz
Cast: Kurt Wagner, Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Weigang, Gertrud Bredel, Karin Rasenack, Willi Burger
Crew: Heidi Handorf (Editor), Joachim von Mengershausen (Producer), Hans Kwiet (Producer), Edgar Reitz (Director), Gernot Roll (Director of Photography), Nikos Mamangakis (Original Music Composer)
First Air Date: Sep 16, 1984
Last Air date: Nov 04, 1984
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 11 Episode
Runtime: 90 minutes
IMDb: 7.95/10 by 41.00 users
Popularity: 2.3022
Language: French, English, German
Keyword : germany, small town, world war ii, narration, forbidden love, photography, change, disappearance, historical, family, generational, yearning
Season
Season 1
Episode
The Call of Far-Away Places (1919-1928)
The Center of the World (1928-1933)
The Best Christmas Ever (1935)
The Highway (1938)
Up and Away and Back (1938-1939)
The Home Front (1943)
Soldiers and Love (1944)
The American (1944-1947)
Little Hermann (1955-1956)
The Proud Years (1967-1969)
The Feast of the Living and the Dead (1982)
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