Directing
Edgar Reitz
- Titles
- 38movies14TV shows
- Career
Active from 1958 to 2025, busiest in 2013 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 32titles as director
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.8average 2.6
- Politics6.4average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.8average 3.6
- Social Commentary7.6average 4.9
- Coming of Age5.4average 2.9
- Tech & Humanity3.6average 1.6
- Showbiz3.0average 1.2
- Family Dynamics6.4average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.0, average 5.1
- Violence1.4, average 4.3
- Tension3.8, average 6.1
- Scare0.4, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- German Cinema 2
- Post-War Germany 2
- Epic Historical Drama 2
- Generational Saga 2
- Social & Political Commentary 2
- Slow-Burn Narrative 2
- Nostalgic & Reflective 2
- German History 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- BBeate Mainka-JellinghausEditorGermany in Autumn, Die Kinder, E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher, Yesterday Girl, In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death, +3 more
Alexander KlugeActorGermany in Autumn, Die Reise nach Wien, The Night of the Filmmakers, E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher, Yesterday Girl, +2 more
Alf BrustellinActorGermany in Autumn, Tales of the Dumpster Kid, The Golden Thing- MMaximiliane MainkaEditorGermany in Autumn, Cardillac, Lust for Love
- PPeter SteinbachWriterGermany in Autumn, Heimat Fragments: The Women, Zero Hour
- JJessy von SternbergEditorTales of the Dumpster Kid, The Golden Thing, Cardillac
- JJosef Anton RiedlComposerKommunikation - Technik der Verständigung, Varia Vision, Speed
- DDietrich LohmannCinematographerGermany in Autumn, The Tailor from Ulm, Cardillac
- TThomas MauchCinematographerE. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher, Varia Vision, Lust for Love
Antonia BillActorHome from Home – Chronicle of a Vision, Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
Vadim GlownaActorGermany in Autumn, The Tailor from Ulm
Hannelore ElsnerActorDie Reise nach Wien, The Tailor from Ulm
Movies and TV shows
282020s
2 titles
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting (2025)
Director, Writer
Subject: Filmmaking (2024)
Writer, Director
2010s
4 titles · average score 65
2000s
1 title
1990s
1 title
1980s
2 titles
Biermann-Film (1983)
Director
1970s
10 titles · average score 66
Susanne tanzt (1979)
Writer, Cinematography
76
Germany in Autumn (1978)
Director, Screenplay
The Tailor from Ulm (1978)
Producer, Writer
Zero Hour (1977)
Director, Producer
Altstadt - Lebensstadt (1977)
Producer, Director
Die Reise nach Wien (1973)
Producer, Director
The Golden Thing (1972)
Producer, Director of Photography
Tales of the Dumpster Kid (1971)
Director of Photography, Writer
Cardillac (1970)
Director, Writer
1960s
7 titles
Lust for Love (1967)
Producer, Director
Die Kinder (1967)
Writer, Producer
Varia Vision (1965)
Writer, Director
Speed (1963)
Director, Director of Photography
Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung (1962)
Screenplay, Director of Photography
Yucatan (1961)
Cinematography, Director
Cotton (1960)
Writer, Cinematography
1950s
1 title
Story of an Opera House (1958)
Writer, Director