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Home from Home (2013 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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 Hunsrck village of Schabbach from 18401844.
Cast
* Jan Dieter Schneider as Jakob Simon
* Antonia Bill as Henriette (Jettchen)
* Maximilian Scheidt as Gustav Simon
* Marita Breuer as Margarethe Simon
* Rdiger Kriese as Johann Simon
* Philine Lembeck as Florinchen
* Mlanie Fouch as Lena
* Eva Zeidler as Gromutter
* Reinhard Paulus as Unkel
* Barbara Philipp as Frau Niem
* Christoph Luser as Franz Olm
* Rainer Khn as Dr. Zwirner
* Konstantin Buchholz as Der junge Baron
* Andreas Klzer as Dorfpfarrer Wiegand
* Julia Prochnow as Hebamme Sophie
* Werner Herzog as Alexander von Humboldt
* Jeroen Perceval as Auswanderungswerber
Release
'Home from Home' was screened at the Venice Film Festival in September 2013.
Critical reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 70 out of 100 from 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".References
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