Bibliograph

Home from home, chronicle of a vision, a film by Edgar Reitz

Type

Label

Home from home, chronicle of a vision, a film by Edgar Reitz

Language

ger

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Home from home

Medium

videorecording DVD

Responsibility statement

a film by Edgar Reitz

Runtime

230

Sub title

chronicle of a vision

Summary

Set in a dreary, unforgiving mid-nineteenth century German village in Hunsruck, it captures the plight of hundreds of thousands of Europeans who immigrated to faraway South America to escape the famine, poverty and despotism that ruled at home. Edgar Reitz's film is a heart-wrenching drama and love story set against the backdrop of this forgotten tragedy. Jakob, our protagonist, tries to immerse himself in literature and learning, as the rest of his family toils to fend off starvation

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification