Heimat Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• 1919-28

  Paul Simon returns from a POW camp in France to his German village, marries Maria and one day walks away. The 1984 film, roughly translated 'Homeland,' is by Edgar Reitz. Nearly 16 hours long, it stars Marita Breuer and Dieter Schaad.

• 1919-28

  Paul Simon returns from a POW camp in France to his German village, marries Maria and one day walks away. The 1984 film, roughly translated 'Homeland,' is by Edgar Reitz. Nearly 16 hours long, it stars Marita Breuer and Dieter Schaad.

• 1928-33

  Paul's brother Eduard contracts tuberculosis; he recovers, meets Lucie in a Berlin brothel and marries her.

• 1928-35

  Paul's brother Eduard contracts tuberculosis; he recovers, meets Lucie in a Berlin brothel and marries her. Eduard becomes mayor of a nearby village; Lucie invites SS officers home.

• 1935

  Lucie and Eduard build a villa in a nearby village where Eduard becomes mayor; Lucie invites SS officers over for lunch.

• 1938

  Civil engineer Otto stays with the Simons; Maria and Pauline dress as Spanish dancers; Otto and Maria fall in love.

• 1938-9

  Civil engineer Otto stays with the Simons; Maria and Pauline dress as Spanish dancers; Otto and Maria fall in love. A letter from Paul, now an engineer in Detroit, says he will visit. War is declared on Poland.

• 1938-9

  A letter from Paul, now an electrical engineer in Detroit, says he will visit. War is declared on Poland.

• 1943

  French POWs help the women in the fields; Maria's son Hermann, it is learned, was fathered by Otto; Ernst drops red roses from a plane.

• 1943-4

  French POWs help the women in the fields; Otto, it is learned, fathered Maria's son Hermann; Ernst drops red roses from a plane. Anton films executions for propaganda; a bomb explodes under Otto.

• 1944

  Anton's propaganda unit films executions of Russian prisoners, making it look like warfare; a bomb explodes under Otto.

• 1945-7

  The war is over, American troops move in and Paul drives up in a chauffeured limousine; Anton returns on foot from Russia; Paul helps Anton build an optical-instrument factory.

• 1945-7

  The war is over, American troops move in and Paul helps Anton build an optical-instrument factory.

• 1955-6

  Ernst transports lumber for his father with a U.S. Army helicopter; gifted Hermann writes poetry and plays guitar for his beloved Klarchen, who later has an abortion.

• 1955-6

  Ernst transports lumber for his father with a U.S. Army helicopter; gifted Hermann writes poetry and plays guitar for his beloved Klarchen, who later has an abortion.

• 1967-9

  Belgian industrialists offer to buy Anton's factory; unlike Paul, who sold his to IBM, Anton refuses. Hermann's electronic music is heard by all, appreciated by few.

• 1967-9

  Belgian industrialists offer to buy Anton's factory; unlike Paul, who sold his to IBM, Anton refuses. Hermann's electronic music is heard by all, appreciated by few.

• 1982

  Maria lies on her deathbed; rain ruins her funeral, for which Hermann is late. The brothers argue. The village idiot, in mourning for Maria, dies to a full moon and sounds from the annual fair.

• 1982

  Maria lies on her deathbed; rain ruins her funeral, for which Hermann is late. The brothers argue. The village idiot, in mourning for Maria, dies to a full moon and sounds from the annual fair.