ridiculous rating

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The acting in this movie is really good.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The series (11 episodes) tells the story of the village of Schabbach, on the Hunsrueck in Germany through the years 1919-1982. The central person is Maria, who we see growing from a 17 year old girl to an old woman, and her family."Heimat" has faced some criticism for its selective interpretation of German history, with some writers noting that there is limited treatment of the hyperinflationary spiral of the 1920s, the Great Depression, or certain aspects of Nazi history such as the Holocaust of World War II. But we must remember, even with so much running time, not everything can be covered, and this is from one perspective.Frankly, this is an admirable series because few countries in the Western world had such a turbulent 20th century. We could argue that France and Poland also did, or maybe Spain, but none of these compares to Germany. To go from being seen as the most evil place on earth to normalized relations is quite a shift, one that no other country has managed.

I spent a year as an exchange student in the Hunrueck area of Germany (where the series opens). I both laughed and cried as I heard the accents and idioms that were used. They have not changed since the early 1900's until my residency there. The outside scenery shots took me back as well. The outside scenes to be back to the Germany that I remember with "Fernweh/Heimweh. I would like to point out one error in the englich subtitles. They make reference to a bucket of "berries" while the spoken word in the audio uses to local idiom "Krombeeren", a.k.a. potatoes. A great series. I am glad that winter is coming so that there will be plenty of nighttime hours to see Heimet 2. Gruess Gott!

Hi, i bought this movie (6 - DVD version) without actually knowing what this movie is about. I knew it was about the German history and a family and i was interested by the positive comments on the Internet. I wan't to know more about the history of 'Germany, WW1 and WW2 and this movie shows you some insight in a village which is evolving thru history.Sure it's an epos about the history of Germany but i think there is a lot of bad actor work and some conversations are not smoothly and goes strange. Yes, i give you some insight but i'm irritated by the strange conversations and bad actor work. When i read the other comments about this i don't understand why people are so enthusiast about it. Perhaps i'm not the type of person which enjoys this kind of movies.Conclusion is that this movie tells you a story about a village in the Germany but i was irritated by strange conversations and bad actor work.

Absolutely, I agree with my previous commentator in describing this as a riveting,fascinating and certainly beautiful film. It's not necessary to see all the episodes,since the first ones are the best,while the last ones are a-bit tiresome,but for any person who likes German's and their good-natured ways,all episodes are worth seeing.In typical german fashion, values are constantly questioned,even it's murderous Nazi past is confronted in the last episodes, the rich dialogues are particularly interesting. These episodes are recommended for anyone who is about to live or travel in Germany,preferably in original language!!