

Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation
“Whenever there's freedom, there's music.”
The movie consist of 13 separate episodes each handling a period between 1960 and 1970. It tells the story of a group of people in Munich (mostly music and film students). The movie tells a story in many different levels about love, friendship, misfortune, loss, art, politics, history with important historic events of the decennium in the background.
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1.The Time of the First Songs (1960)
8.004-03-1993116mThe musically gifted Hermann leaves his home village in the Hunsrück region to study in the big city. After the painful end of his first love, the young man dreams of a free artist...

2.Two Strange Eyes (1960/61)
9.007-03-1993116mIn Juan, a Chilean, Hermann finds a friend with whom he spends his student life and makes music. But Juan is secretly in love with the cellist Clarissa. When Hermann learns that th...

3.Jealousy and Pride (1961)
9.011-03-1993116mEvelyne, who grew up in the small town of Neuburg, arrives in Munich in search of her biological mother and immediately captivates the young musicians with her extraordinary voice....

4.Ansgar's Death (1961/62)
0.014-03-1993100mAnsgar struggles to resist his parents' misguided love, who want to see him as an artistic genius. He finds stability in his relationship with Evelyne, but Olga's jealousy puts a g...

5.The Game with Freedom (1962)
8.018-03-1993120mHermann, who has found a lucrative side job as a music teacher, unwittingly gets caught up in the street battles of the Schwabing riots. In view of the arbitrary police violence, H...

6.Kennedy's Children (1963)
10.021-03-1993110mNovember 23, 1963, becomes a memorable day for everyone. Alex, the philosopher among the friends, finds himself completely broke and half starved and sets out in search of financia...

7.Christmas Wolves (1963)
8.025-03-1993116mIt has been eleven days since Clarissa's abortion and her tendonitis has flared up again.

8.The Wedding (1964)
8.028-03-1993116mSchnüsschen charms Hermann with her dream of a middle-class existence and persuades him to leave student life behind. The two look for an apartment together and assure the suspicio...

9.The Eternal Daughter (1965)
9.001-04-1993116mHermann's concert is a huge success, which he wants to celebrate with Schnüsschen. For Clarissa, however, Christmas 1963 turns out to be a nightmare. Lonely and devastated, the you...

10.The End of the Future (1966)
9.004-04-1993116mHermann composes a requiem for the “Fuchsbau,” which has been sold by Mrs. Cerphal and is about to be demolished. Reinhard, one of the young filmmakers who has just returned from a...

11.Time of Silence (1967/68)
8.008-04-1993116mAfter Reinhard fails to return from a boat trip during his screenplay presentation, Esther sets out with her unloved father to search for traces of her past—without success. Claris...

12.A Time of Many Words (1968/69)
9.011-04-1993116mThe era of '68 has dawned. Clarissa has turned her back on her life as a housewife and joins a group of American musicians. Stefan ends up in Berlin for a film project, which he wa...

13.Art or Life (1970)
9.011-04-1993116mConsul Handschuh and his wife want to make Hermann the sole heir to their film company, but he is overwhelmed by the offer. He asks for time to think it over, but has no one to ask...
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