Edgar Reitz
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 1, 1932, Morbach, Germany
- Movies
- 37
Edgar Reitz is a German film director and writer, best known for his "Heimat" trilogy.
Best-Known Movies
7.8
Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision
2013
6.4
Germany in Autumn
1978
5.0
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
4.8
The Cat Has Nine Lives
1968
5.0
In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
1974
4.2
Tales of the Dumpster Kid
1974
6.7
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
2025
6.0
Zero Hour
1977
5.2
The Journey to Vienna
1973
4.8
Lust for Love
1967
Filmography
| 2024 | Subject: Filmmaking | Self |
| 2022 | Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors | Self |
| 2021 | Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life | Self |
| 2020 | Eight Hundred Times Lonely | Himself |
| 2018 | Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other Utopias | Self |
| 2005 | Von Sex bis Simmel | Self |
| 2002 | Alle Gefühle glauben an einen glücklichen Ausgang | Self |
| 1995 | The Night of the Filmmakers | Self |
| 1968 | The Cat Has Nine Lives | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Die Erben von Papas Kino |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2025 | Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting | Director, Writer |
| 2024 | Subject: Filmmaking | Director, Writer |
| 2013 | Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision | Director, Screenplay |
| 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded | Director |
| 2006 | Heimat Fragments: The Women | Director |
| 2004 | Schabbach ist überall | Producer |
| 1995 | The Night of the Filmmakers | Director |
| 1983 | Biermann-Film | Director |
| 1982 | The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1979 | Susanne tanzt | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1978 | The Tailor from Ulm | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1978 | Germany in Autumn | Screenplay, Director |
| 1977 | Altstadt - Lebensstadt | Director, Producer |
| 1977 | Zero Hour | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1974 | In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death | Writer, Director |
| 1974 | Tales of the Dumpster Kid | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1973 | The Journey to Vienna | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1972 | The Golden Thing | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1970 | Cardillac | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1967 | Lust for Love | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 1967 | Die Kinder | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1965 | Varia Vision | Director, Writer |
| 1963 | Speed | Director, Writer |
| 1962 | Kommunikation - Technik der Verständigung | Screenplay, Director |
| 1961 | Yucatan | Writer, Director |
| 1960 | Cotton | Writer, Director |
| 1958 | Story of an Opera House | Director, Writer |
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