Germany / France,
2013, 225 min
Directed by:
Edgar ReitzCinematography:
Gernot RollCast:
Werner Herzog, Jeroen Perceval, Jan Dieter Schneider, Anatol Schuster, Barbara Philipp, Maximilian Scheidt, Mélanie Fouché, Eva Zeidler, Marita Breuer (more)Plots(1)
In the mid 19th century, hundreds of thousands of Europeans emigrated to faraway South America. It was a desperate bid to escape the famine, poverty and despotism that ruled at home. Their motto was: "Any fate is better than death". Edgar Reitz' new film Die andere Heimat is a domestic drama and love story set against the backdrop of this forgotten tragedy. It centres around two brothers who realise that only their dreams can save them. The film is a sweeping, epic evocation of the mass exodus of the German farmers and craftsmen and their dreams of the New World. European history, a true story relegated to oblivion, a tale of faith in the future. (Berlinale)
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