Edgar Reitz

Edgar Reitz

Directing

Born November 1, 1932 · Morbach, Germany

29 films as director · Active 1958–2025

Edgar Reitz is a German film director and writer, best known for his "Heimat" trilogy.

Known for

Kulturplatz

Kulturplatz

2004

Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz

Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz

2010

Nachtstudio

1997

Wortwechsel

1982

Grimme Award

1964

German Film Award

German Film Award

1951

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

1967

Bavarian Film Awards

Bavarian Film Awards

1979

Directed(29)

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

2025Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting★ 6.8

Subject: Filmmaking

2024Subject: Filmmaking★ 7.6

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision

2013Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision★ 7.8

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded★ 5.1

Heimat Fragments: The Women

2006Heimat Fragments: The Women★ 5.8

The Night of the Filmmakers

1995The Night of the Filmmakers★ 6.3

1983Biermann-Film★ 9.0

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages

1982The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages★ 6.5

Susanne tanzt

1979Susanne tanzt★ 10.0

Germany in Autumn

1978Germany in Autumn★ 6.3

The Tailor from Ulm

1978The Tailor from Ulm★ 7.7

Zero Hour

1977Zero Hour★ 6.0

1977Altstadt - Lebensstadt★ 10.0

Tales of the Dumpster Kid

1974Tales of the Dumpster Kid★ 3.9

In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

1974In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death★ 5.0

The Journey to Vienna

1973The Journey to Vienna★ 5.2

The Golden Thing

1972The Golden Thing★ 6.8

Cardillac

1970Cardillac★ 4.5

Lust for Love

1967Lust for Love★ 4.8

Die Kinder

1967Die Kinder★ 9.0

1965Varia Vision

1963Speed★ 6.5

Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung

1962Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung★ 6.0

Yucatan

1961Yucatan★ 7.0

Cotton

Story of an Opera House

1958Story of an Opera House★ 4.0

Acting(20)

2024Subject: FilmmakingSelf

2022Come with Me to the Cinema – The GregorsSelf

2021Hannelore Elsner: More Than One LifeSelf

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2020Eight Hundred Times LonelyHimself

2018Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other UtopiasSelf

2010Landesschau Rheinland-PfalzSelf

2005Von Sex bis SimmelSelf

2004KulturplatzSelf

2002Gero von Boehm begegnet...Self

2002Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen AusgangSelf

1997NachtstudioSelf

1995The Night of the FilmmakersSelf

1983TelestarSelf

1982WortwechselSelf

1979Bavarian Film AwardsSelf

1968The Cat Has Nine LivesParty Guest (uncredited)

1968Die Erben von Papas Kino

1967Titel, Thesen, TemperamenteSelf

1964Grimme AwardSelf

1951German Film AwardSelf