Fragments of Homeland: The Women

Movie
Original title	Fragments of Homeland: The Women
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2006
length	146 minutes
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Director	Edgar Reitz
script	Edgar Reitz
production	Christian Reitz , Edgar Reitz
music	Michael Riessler , Nikos Mamangakis
camera	Christian Reitz
cut	Christian Reitz , Susanne Hartmann (scenes from Heimat 2 & 3) , Heidi Handorf (scenes from Heimat 1)
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Nicola Schößler : Lulu Simone Simon Michael Lesch : Paul Simon Marita Breuer : Maria Simon Sabine Wagner : Martha Simon Karin Rasenack : Lucie Simon Rüdiger Weigang : Eduard Simon Eva Maria Schneider : Marie Goot Eva-Maria Bayerwaltes : Pauline Simon (later Kröber) Michael Kausch : Ernst Simon Jörg Richter : Hermann Simon (young) Gudrun Landgrebe : Klara "Klärchen" Sisse Henry Arnold : Hermann Simon Salome Kammer : Clarissa light blue Noemi Steuer : Helga Aufschrey Veronica Ferres : Dorli Gisela Müller : Evelyne Cerphal Hannelore Hoger : Elisabeth Cerphal Michael Seyfried : Ansgar Herzsprung Lena Lessing : Olga Mueller Carolin Fink : Kathrin Schoeps Armin Fuchs : Volker Schimmelpfennig László I. Kish : Reinhard Doerr Frank Röth : Stefan Aufhäuser Peter Weiß : Rob Stuermer Franziska Stömmer : Mrs. Ries Alexander May : Consul glove Hanna Köhler : Ms. Moretti Peter Schneider : Tillmann Becker Julia Prochnow : Moni Maximilian Kreuz : Lukas, Lulu's son Caspar Arnhold : Roland

Heimat Fragments: Die Frauen is a compilation of initially unused game scenes from the three parts of the Heimat trilogy by Edgar Reitz, linked by a commentary narrator . The world premiere took place on September 2, 2006 during the Venice International Film Festival and represents the epilogue of the trilogy.

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At the center of the "plot", which is actually not a plot, is Hermann Simon's daughter Lulu. In a Munich cinema she finds herself in a kind of magical archive with striking scenes from her family history. Equipped with various drilling and digging tools, which she places in suitable places, she is now looking for her “old future from childhood”. As in Goethe's “Zueignung” to Faust I , almost all “wavering figures” of the previous three film series approach her, preferably women. Lulu makes a comment on love and death, remembering and forgetting, past and future, drawing a kind of quintessence from the home company and thus finally closing it.

Web links

• Home Fragments: The Women in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Fragments of home: The women at filmportal.de
• Information (content, overview of the scenes, press and audience feedback, premiere report, etc.) at heimat123.de
• Information on Heimat fragments on heimat-fanpage.de including a photo and text summary