Edgar Reitz Movies

In July 1945, US troops are leaving Saxony and Thuringia while the Red Army takes control of the territories. In a small village near Leipzig, the...

Kluge’s short-film starring his sister/muse Alexandra.

A short by Alexander Kluge.

In 1968, the young Edgar Reitz teaches filmmaking at a girls’ school – a ground-breaking educational experiment. Fifty-five years later,...

Documentary short by Edgar Reitz.

Elizabeth is a young woman who seeks happiness excessively burning out all those around her.

Documentary by Wilhelm Roth about the state of affairs of the Young German Cinema.

Anna Hepp meets with renowned German director Edgar Reitz in one of Germany’s most famous cinemas: the Lichtburg in Essen. Reitz talks about...

A documentary about the Hunsrück (an area in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) and its people.

Documentary, trying to catch up with the latest developments in the field of communication.

Short by Bernhard Dörries, Edgar Reitz and Stefan Meuschel.

A short montage about rhythm, movement, and speed.

Short by Edgar Reitz and his daughter Susanne Reitz.

Early documentary by Edgar Reitz.

Filmmaker Utz Kastenholz has accompanied Edgar Reitz during the filming of the third part of the legendary family chronicle "Heimat". The fictitious...