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The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages (1981)

The Stories of the Hunsrück Villages poster
Original title
Geschichten aus den Hunsrückdörfern
Directed by
Edgar Reitz
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 54m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary from 1981 profiles people living in the Hunsrück region of Germany. It focuses on individuals who stayed in their home area and never permanently left.

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What happens

Geschichten aus den Hunsrückdörfern ist ein Dokumentarfilm von Edgar Reitz über Menschen im Hunsrück. Er entstand 1980/81 und stellt eine Art Prolog zu Heimat – Eine deutsche Chronik dar, dem ersten Teil von Reitz' „Heimat“-Tetralogie. Während diese das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Bleiben und Fortgehen zum zentralen Thema macht, stellt die Dokumentation ausschließlich Menschen vor, die ihre Heimat nie dauerhaft verlassen haben. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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