Home from Home (2013 film)

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Home from Home
Film poster
Directed byEdgar Reitz
Written byGert Heidenreich
Edgar Reitz
Produced byChristian Reitz
StarringJan Schneider
CinematographyGernot Roll
Release dates
  • 29 August 2013 (2013-08-29) (Venice)
  • 28 September 2013 (2013-09-28) (Germany)
Running time
225 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Home from Home (German: Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht) is a 2013 German drama film directed by Edgar Reitz. It was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.[1][2] It is shot in black and white, but there are some colour sequences. It is a prequel to the Heimat film series and concerns the Simon family living in the fictional Hunsrück village of Schabbach from 1840–1844.

Cast

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  • Jan Dieter Schneider as Jakob Simon
  • Antonia Bill as Henriette (Jettchen)
  • Maximilian Scheidt as Gustav Simon
  • Marita Breuer as Margarethe Simon
  • Rüdiger Kriese as Johann Simon
  • Philine Lembeck as Florinchen
  • Mélanie Fouché as Lena
  • Eva Zeidler as Großmutter
  • Reinhard Paulus as Unkel
  • Barbara Philipp as Frau Niem
  • Christoph Luser as Franz Olm
  • Rainer Kühn as Dr. Zwirner
  • Konstantin Buchholz as Der junge Baron
  • Andreas Külzer as Dorfpfarrer Wiegand
  • Julia Prochnow as Hebamme Sophie
  • Werner Herzog as Alexander von Humboldt
  • Jeroen Perceval as Auswanderungswerber

Release

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Home from Home was screened at the Venice Film Festival in September 2013.

Critical reception

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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10.[3] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 70 out of 100 from 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Out of Competition". labiennale. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Venice film festival 2013: the full line-up". The Guardian. London. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (Die Andere Heimat) (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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