Heimat II: A Chronicle of a Generation

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•1993

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Episodes

1. The Time of the First Songs

Enraged by his family's disapproval of his romance with Klärchen, Hermann vows to never fall in love again and to leave the Hunsrück forever and to devote himself to music.

2. Two Strange Eyes

Juan remains in Munich, even though he failed to secure a place at the Conservatoire. He finds a home for his many talents at the Von Zett Drama School, from suggestion of Hermann. In the need for quick cash they both agree to play at a birthday party for a rich art dealer in the suburbs.

3. Jealousy and Pride

After Evelyne Cerphal's father, Arno, dies at the early age of forty-two she discovers that her biological mother is a different woman than she thought, who died in Munich, 1944. Feeling no-longer at home in Neuberg, she leaves for Munich in hope to join the Conservatoire and to search who her real mother was.

4. Ansgar's Death

Hermann narrates that Ansgar and Evelyne's love last seven months and four days, until he died.

5. The Game with Freedom

Helga states that Corpus Christi Day, 1962 is a day she will never forget.

6. Kennedy's Children

Alex wakes on 22 November 1963, a day he'll never forget. Throughout it, he scrounges his friends for money, but none have the time or even money themselves to help him.

7. Christmas Wolves

It has been eleven days since Clarissa's abortion and her tendonitis has flared up again.

8. The Wedding

It is New Year's Eve, 1963 and Waltraud spends Christmas at home in the Hunsrück. She is emotionally proud to be home and with her family. When asked if there is a man in her life, she only hints at it. Waltraud leaves the next day for Munich.

9. The Eternal Daughter

Elisabeth has allowed Juan to stay with her at the Foxholes, where he keeps himself occupied laying a mosaic of an Inca god in the garden.

10. The End of the Future

Reinhard comes back from Mexico, where he shot a documentary.

11. Time of Silence

Clarissa has been thrown off course. She has given up her cello playing and gets lost in everyday life with housework.

12. A Time of Many Words

1968: Clarissa joins an American group of female musicians.

13. Art or Life

It's Oktoberfest in Munich!

Overview

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.