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Edgar Reitz continues his career-long Heimat saga with an epic prequel to the 20^th-century events chronicled in the 15-hour Heimat (1984), the 26-hour Heimat II (1993), and the 11.5-hour Heimat 3 (2004)—all shown exclusively in Cleveland at the Cinematheque! Set during the 1840s in the Hunsrück region of Prussia that will encompass the fictional German village of Schabbach and the multi-generation Simon family in the later films, Home from Home focuses on Jakob Simon, a blacksmith’s son and forbear of the future Simon clan, as he experiences poverty and social injustice in the Rhineland. Though revolutionary ideas are in the air, Jakob contemplates emigrating to Brazil along with many of his countrymen. Winner of both the German Film Award and the German Film Critics Association Award for best film of 2014, Home from Home is handsomely photographed in b&w and color and scope, and brilliantly cast. “A magnificent, career-capping achievement from one of the great storytellers of our era.” –Time Out London. “Nearly four hours, but never a dull moment.” –The Guardian.