7.8
Movie
Directing
Edgar Reitz
- Born
- (age 93)
- Birthplace
- Morbach, Germany
- Credits
- 50 titles
Biography
Edgar Reitz is a German film director and writer, best known for his "Heimat" trilogy.
Signature work
Known For
7.8
Movie
8.0
TV
Heimat
6.4
Movie
Germany in Autumn
6.5
Movie
Yesterday Girl
5.0
Movie
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
8.0
TV
Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation
5.0
Movie
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
4.2
Movie
Tales of the Dumpster Kid
6.7
Movie
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
6.0
Movie
Zero Hour
5.2
Movie
The Journey to Vienna
4.8
Movie
Lust for Love
5.5
TV
Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings
6.0
Movie
Heimat Fragments: The Women
6.8
Movie
The Golden Thing
6.2
Movie
The Night of the Filmmakers
4.5
Movie
Cardillac
7.6
Movie
Subject: Filmmaking
Acting credits 20
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Subject: Filmmaking Film | Self |
| 2022 | Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors Film | Self |
| 2021 | Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life Film | Self |
| 2020 | Eight Hundred Times Lonely Film | Himself |
| 2018 | Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias Film | Self |
| 2010 | Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Von Sex bis Simmel Film | Self |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Gero von Boehm begegnet... TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang Film | Self |
| 1997 | Nachtstudio TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1995 | The Night of the Filmmakers Film | Self |
| 1983 | Telestar TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Wortwechsel TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1979 | Bavarian Film Awards TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1968 | The Cat Has Nine Lives Film | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Die Erben von Papas Kino Film | |
| 1967 | Titel, Thesen, Temperamente TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1964 | Grimme Award TV | Self (4 ep) |
| 1951 | German Film Award TV | Self (1 ep) |
Crew credits 32
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting Film | Writer, Director |
| 2024 | Subject: Filmmaking Film | Director, Writer |
| 2013 | Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision Film | Director, Screenplay |
| 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded Film | Director |
| 2006 | Heimat Fragments: The Women Film | Director |
| 2004 | Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings TV | Director, Writer, Creator (6 ep) |
| 2004 | Schabbach ist überall Film | Producer |
| 1995 | The Night of the Filmmakers Film | Director |
| 1993 | Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation TV | Director, Writer, Creator (13 ep) |
| 1984 | Heimat TV | Director, Producer, Writer, Idea, Story, Screenplay, Script, Creator (11 ep) |
| 1983 | Biermann-Film Film | Director |
| 1982 | The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages Film | Director, Screenplay, Producer, Cinematography |
| 1979 | Susanne tanzt Film | Producer, Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor |
| 1978 | The Tailor from Ulm Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1978 | Germany in Autumn Film | Screenplay, Director |
| 1977 | Altstadt - Lebensstadt Film | Editor, Cinematography, Director, Producer |
| 1977 | Zero Hour Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1974 | In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death Film | Writer, Director |
| 1974 | Tales of the Dumpster Kid Film | Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography |
| 1973 | The Journey to Vienna Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1972 | The Golden Thing Film | Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography |
| 1970 | Cardillac Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1968 | E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher Film | Director of Photography |
| 1967 | Yesterday Girl Film | Director of Photography |
| 1967 | Lust for Love Film | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1967 | Die Kinder Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1965 | Varia Vision Film | Director, Writer |
| 1963 | Speed Film | Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer |
| 1962 | Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung Film | Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography, Editor |
| 1961 | Yucatan Film | Cinematography, Writer, Director |
| 1960 | Cotton Film | Writer, Director, Director of Photography |
| 1958 | Story of an Opera House Film | Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography |