Portrait of Edgar Reitz

Directing

Edgar Reitz

Career

Active from 1958 to 2025, with a break from 2014 to 2023, busiest in 1967 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation
Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Edgar Reitz Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.6, average 4.8
  • Violence
    1.4, average 4.1
  • Scare
    0.4, average 2.6
  • Mystery
    1.9, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Epic Historical Drama 2
  • Generational Saga 2
  • Slow-Burn Narrative 2
  • Social Realism 2
  • German History 2
  • Post-War Germany 2
  • German Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

30
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting (2025)

Writer, Director

Subject: Filmmaking
Subject: Filmmaking (2024)

Director, Writer

2010s

2 titles · average score 57
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Screenplay

2000s

2 titles
Heimat Fragments: The Women
Heimat Fragments: The Women (2006)

Director

Schabbach ist überall
Schabbach ist überall (2004)

Producer

1990s

1 title
The Night of the Filmmakers
The Night of the Filmmakers (1995)

Director

1980s

2 titles
Biermann-Film
Biermann-Film (1983)

Director

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages
The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages (1982)

Screenplay, Producer

1970s

10 titles · average score 70
Susanne tanzt
Susanne tanzt (1979)

Director, Producer

Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn (1978)
GoodWatch score 83

Screenplay, Director

The Tailor from Ulm
The Tailor from Ulm (1978)

Director, Writer

Zero Hour
Zero Hour (1977)

Writer, Producer

Altstadt - Lebensstadt
Altstadt - Lebensstadt (1977)

Cinematography, Editor

Tales of the Dumpster Kid
Tales of the Dumpster Kid (1974)

Director, Writer

In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death (1974)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Director

The Journey to Vienna
The Journey to Vienna (1973)

Writer, Producer

The Golden Thing
The Golden Thing (1972)

Director of Photography, Writer

Cardillac
Cardillac (1970)

Director, Writer

1960s

10 titles · average score 59
E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher
E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher (1968)

Director of Photography

The Cat Has Nine Lives
The Cat Has Nine Lives (1968)
GoodWatch score 51

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Die Kinder
Die Kinder (1967)

Director, Producer

Yesterday Girl
Yesterday Girl (1967)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

Lust for Love
Lust for Love (1967)

Producer, Writer

Varia Vision
Varia Vision (1965)

Director, Writer

Speed
Speed (1963)

Director of Photography, Editor

Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung
Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung (1962)

Director, Editor

Yucatan
Yucatan (1961)

Writer, Director

Cotton
Cotton (1960)

Director, Writer

1950s

1 title
Story of an Opera House
Story of an Opera House (1958)

Editor, Director of Photography