---
title: 'Home from Home (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edgar Reitz'
released: '2013-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 230
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/home-from-home-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1998204/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Home from Home (2013)

2013 · 230 min · Drama, History · Germany, France

Original title: Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht

## Synopsis

Home from Home is a 2013 German drama film directed by Edgar Reitz. It was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. It is shot in black and white, but there are some colour sequences. It is a prequel to the Heimat film series and concerns the Simon family living in the fictional Hunsrück village of Schabbach from 1840 to 1844.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edgar Reitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-reitz)
- **Screenplay:** [Edgar Reitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-reitz), [Gert Heidenreich](https://cinepixo.com/people/gert-heidenreich)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Riessler](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-riessler)
- **Producer:** [Christian Reitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-reitz), [Christian Reitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-reitz-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gernot Roll](https://cinepixo.com/people/gernot-roll)
- **Editor:** [Uwe Klimmeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/uwe-klimmeck)

## Cast

- [Mélanie Fouché](https://cinepixo.com/people/melanie-fouche)
- [Marita Breuer](https://cinepixo.com/people/marita-breuer)
- [Antonia Bill](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonia-bill)
- [Andreas Külzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-kulzer)
- [Christoph Luser](https://cinepixo.com/people/christoph-luser)
- [Maximilian Scheidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-scheidt)
- [Salome Kammer](https://cinepixo.com/people/salome-kammer)
- [Barbara Philipp](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-philipp)
- [Eva Zeidler](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-zeidler)
- [Jeroen Perceval](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeroen-perceval)
- [Werner Herzog](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-herzog) as Alexander von Humboldt
- [Michael Kessler](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-kessler)

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Official site: http://www.die-andere-heimat.de/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/home-from-home-2013
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