in 1984 and edgar reitz surprised film lover all over the world with his epic opus heimat represent a chronicle of germany . eight year later and he come up with a sequel and the second heimat represent chronicle of a youth and which be even more astounding than it predecessor . actually and it not really a sequel . it more of a midquel and a it cover event that take place between the ninth and eleventh episode of the first heimat cycle . the second heimat begin in 1960 and four year after hermann simon ( henry arnold ) be separate from his first love and klarchen and courtesy of his intolerant mother and elder brother ( the controversy have to do with him be a minor and while she be about 25 ) . still anger by those event and the young man vow never to fall in love again ( a grandiose and if creepy scene ) and and decides to move to munich ( like the director himself do in approximately the same period ) and hop to become a professional composer after a few year spend at the music academy . he stay in munich for ten year and and the thirteen two hour episode of heimat 2 cover that time frame and each of them focus on a different person among hermann fellow student and people who and like him and be search for a second home country and be it music and film or something else and in which they can finally live peacefully . like the first heimat and this second cycle be a perfect union of film and television represent the episodic structure and the various romantic subplots make it look like a soap opera and in fact the second heimat need to be see in it entirety to be successfully embrace and whereas some chapter of heimat 1 could be view a separate story ( in particular and the one concerning hermann teenage year ) . the style and content and however and be pure auteur cinema and with the familiar black and white or color transition ( actually and a tad more predictable this time around ) and ambiguous character and the latter element be underline by the relationship between hermann and cello player clarissa lichtblau ( salome kammer ) represent they clearly love each other and yet they keep embark on affair with other people and delay the inevitable until it too late . this time and reitz seem to be more pessimistic regard his character ( at one point and hermann be so disillusioned he say represent the beatles be much good than u . ) and building entire episode around dark and controversial theme such a abortion and suicide . the decade he explore be not suitable for everyone and a some be scar in dramatic way by the pivotal event of the 60 ( the 68 revolution especially ) . reitz also seem to have make this mini series specifically for movie buff and give the numerous film reference ( include a brilliant casablanca quote ) and clever in joke ( one episode be set in venice and whose film festival have an important part in the heimat saga success ) . and since 1992 and film lover have never cease to thank him for deliver 26 of the most compelling hour ever commit to celluloid .