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...

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

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

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

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

Short by Edgar Reitz.

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 short by Alexander Kluge.

A short montage about rhythm, movement, and speed.

Short by Bernhard Dörries, Edgar Reitz and Stefan Meuschel.

Early documentary by Edgar Reitz.

Documentary short by Edgar Reitz.

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

A study of Alexander Kluge that also emulates his technique of seeking and linking. Kluge reads aloud, Kluge recounts, including stories from his...

Short by Edgar Reitz and his daughter Susanne Reitz.