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Corinth Films | Release Date: September 11, 2015
Summary: Set in a dreary, unforgiving mid-19th century German village in Hunsrück, Home From Home captures the plight of hundreds of thousands of Europeans who emigrated to faraway South America to escape the famine, poverty and despotism that ruled at home. Jakob, our protagonist, dreams about leaving his village, Schabbach, for a new life in Brazil and the freedom of the wild South American jungle. He studies the languages of the native South Americans and records his heroic attempts to escape the rural confines of Hunsrück in an astonishing diary that not only tells us his story but reflects the aspirations and philosophies of a whole era. Everyone who encounters Jakob is drawn into the maelstrom of his dreams: his parents, bowed and broken from years of labor making a living from the soil; his scheming and brash brother, Gustav; and above all Henriette, the fetching daughter of a gem cutter fallen on hard times. [Corinth Films]
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Runtime: 231 min
Rating: Not Rated
Official Site: http://www.corinthfilms.com/homefromhome
Production: Les Films du Losange
Genres: Drama, History
Countries: Germany, France
Language: German
Director Credit
Edgar Reitz Director
Writer Credit
Edgar Reitz Screenplay
Gert Heidenreich Screenplay
Cast Credit
Andreas Külzer Dorfpfarrer Wiegand
Antonia Bill Jettchen Niem
Barbara Philipp Frau Niem
Christoph Luser Franz Olm
Eva Zeidler Großmutter
Jan Dieter Schneider Jakob Simon
Julia Prochnow Hebamme Sophie Gent
Marita Breuer Margarethe Simon
Martin Haberscheidt Fürchtegott Niem
Maximilian Scheidt Gustav Simon
Mélanie Fouché Lena Zeitz
Philine Lembeck Florinchen
Rainer Kühn Dr. Zwirner
Reinhard Paulus Unkel
Rüdiger Kriese Johann Simon
Producer Credit
Andreas Schreitmüller Commissioning Editor: Arte
Bettina Reitz Commissioning Editor: ARD Degeto
Bettina Ricklefs Commissioning Editor: BR
Christian Reitz Producer
Margaret Ménégoz Co-Producer
Michael André Commissioning Editor: WDR
Roman Klink Commissioning Editor: ARD Degeto