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
69/100
- 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 History 2
- Post-War Germany 2
- Epic Historical Drama 2
- Generational Saga 2
- Social & Political Commentary 2
- Slow-Burn Narrative 2
- Nostalgic & Reflective 2
- German Cinema 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, The Journey to Vienna, The Night of the Filmmakers, E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher, Yesterday Girl, +2 more- TThomas MauchCinematographerDie Kinder, E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher, Varia Vision, Lust for Love
Alf BrustellinActorGermany in Autumn, Tales of the Dumpster Kid, The Golden Thing- MMaximiliane MainkaEditorGermany in Autumn, Lust for Love, Cardillac
- PPeter SteinbachWriterGermany in Autumn, Heimat Fragments: The Women, Zero Hour
- DDietrich LohmannCinematographerGermany in Autumn, The Tailor from Ulm, Cardillac
- JJessy von SternbergEditorTales of the Dumpster Kid, The Golden Thing, Cardillac
- JJosef Anton RiedlComposerKommunikation - Technik der Verständigung, Varia Vision, Speed
Antonia BillActorHome from Home – Chronicle of a Vision, Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
Vadim GlownaActorGermany in Autumn, The Tailor from Ulm
Volker SchlöndorffActorGermany in Autumn, The Night of the Filmmakers
Movies and TV shows
202020s
2 titles
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting (2025)
Writer, Director
Subject: Filmmaking (2024)
Writer, Director
2010s
1 title · average score 61
61
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
Screenplay, Director
1970s
9 titles · average score 66
Susanne tanzt (1979)
Cinematography, Writer
76
Germany in Autumn (1978)
Screenplay, Director
The Tailor from Ulm (1978)
Producer, Writer
Zero Hour (1977)
Director, Writer
The Journey to Vienna (1973)
Producer, Director
The Golden Thing (1972)
Director of Photography, Writer
Tales of the Dumpster Kid (1971)
Writer, Producer
Cardillac (1970)
Director, Writer
1960s
7 titles
Lust for Love (1967)
Producer, Director
Die Kinder (1967)
Producer, Writer
Varia Vision (1965)
Director, Writer
Speed (1963)
Director, Director of Photography
Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung (1962)
Director of Photography, Screenplay
Yucatan (1961)
Cinematography, Director
Cotton (1960)
Writer, Cinematography
1950s
1 title
Story of an Opera House (1958)
Writer, Director