Heimat II: A Chronicle of a Generation

1h 56min

Drama

Family

The movie consist of 13 separate episodes each handling a period between 1960 and 1970. It tells the story of a group of people in Munich (mostly music and film students). The movie tells a story in many different levels about love, friendship, misfortune, loss, art, politics, history with important historic events of the decennium in the background.

Episodes

Cast

The Time of the First Songs

1. The Time of the First Songs

1h 56min

4th Mar 1993

Enraged by his family's disapproval of his romance with Klärchen, Hermann vows to never fall in love again and to leave the Hunsrück forever and to devote himself to music.

Two Strange Eyes

2. Two Strange Eyes

1h 56min

7th Mar 1993

Juan remains in Munich, even though he failed to secure a place at the Conservatoire. He finds a home for his many talents at the Von Zett Drama School, from suggestion of Hermann. In the need for quick cash they both agree to play at a birthday party for a rich art dealer in the suburbs.

Jealousy and Pride

3. Jealousy and Pride

1h 56min

11th Mar 1993

After Evelyne Cerphal's father, Arno, dies at the early age of forty-two she discovers that her biological mother is a different woman than she thought, who died in Munich, 1944. Feeling no-longer at home in Neuberg, she leaves for Munich in hope to join the Conservatoire and to search who her real mother was.

Ansgar's Death

4. Ansgar's Death

1h 40min

14th Mar 1993

Hermann narrates that Ansgar and Evelyne's love last seven months and four days, until he died.

The Game with Freedom

5. The Game with Freedom

2h

18th Mar 1993

Helga states that Corpus Christi Day, 1962 is a day she will never forget.

Kennedy's Children

6. Kennedy's Children

1h 50min

21st Mar 1993

Alex wakes on 22 November 1963, a day he'll never forget. Throughout it, he scrounges his friends for money, but none have the time or even money themselves to help him.

Christmas Wolves

7. Christmas Wolves

1h 56min

25th Mar 1993

It has been eleven days since Clarissa's abortion and her tendonitis has flared up again.

The Wedding

8. The Wedding

1h 56min

28th Mar 1993

It is New Year's Eve, 1963 and Waltraud spends Christmas at home in the Hunsrück. She is emotionally proud to be home and with her family. When asked if there is a man in her life, she only hints at it. Waltraud leaves the next day for Munich.

The Eternal Daughter

9. The Eternal Daughter

1h 56min

1st Apr 1993

Elisabeth has allowed Juan to stay with her at the Foxholes, where he keeps himself occupied laying a mosaic of an Inca god in the garden.

The End of the Future

10. The End of the Future

1h 56min

4th Apr 1993

Reinhard comes back from Mexico, where he shot a documentary.

Time of Silence

11. Time of Silence

1h 56min

8th Apr 1993

Clarissa has been thrown off course. She has given up her cello playing and gets lost in everyday life with housework.

A Time of Many Words

12. A Time of Many Words

1h 56min

11th Apr 1993

1968: Clarissa joins an American group of female musicians.

Art or Life

13. Art or Life

1h 56min

11th Apr 1993

It's Oktoberfest in Munich!

First air date

4th Mar 1993

Last air date

11th Apr 1993

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

de

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