Home from Home (2013 film)

Home from Home
Home from Home
	Film poster
Directed by	Edgar Reitz
Written by	Gert Heidenreich; Edgar Reitz
Produced by	Christian Reitz
Starring
Cinematography	Gernot Roll
Release date	29 August 2013 (Venice); 28 September 2013 (Germany);
Running time	225 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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[]

as Jakob Simon
as Henriette (Jettchen)
as Gustav Simon
Marita Breuer as Margarethe Simon
as Johann Simon
as Florinchen
as Lena
as Großmutter
as Unkel
as Frau Niem
as Franz Olm
as Dr. Zwirner
as Der junge Baron
as Dorfpfarrer Wiegand
as Hebamme Sophie
Werner Herzog as Alexander von Humboldt
as Auswanderungswerber

Release[]

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

Critical reception[]

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[]

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

External links[]

Official website (in German)
Home from Home at IMDb

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[Venice-1] "Out of Competition". labiennale. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

[Guardian-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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