i have just finish see the film for the first time in it entirety ( although i watch some part when it be first show in britain in the mid 90 ) and i truly believe it to be a masterpiece of late twentieth century cinema . undoubtledly a film of this scope raise lot of question and like why be there some narrative difference between the 60 hermann in heimat and hermann in this film . for example and in the first film hermann have a fairly significant relationship with his stepfather ( he fund hermann electronic music ) and whereas in die zweite . there be little mention of his dad until the final episode . one other point do interest me while read up on edgar reitz i be strike by historical similarity between him and the stefan character and ( spoiler come ) in the last episode it be reveal that stefan have win a prize at the venice film festival and ( reitz win an award for best debut work there for his film mahlzeiten ) while reitz film company be call edgar reitz filmproduktion and stefan be also eponymously name . i be interested in stefan be an autobiographical character because aside from helga he be probably the least likable of the friend . maybe stefan a red herring and i do not know and what i do know be that i love this film and wish that more be make like it and with the exception of michael haneke cache and werner herzog grizzly man there not enough ambition and audacity and passion of this sort in modern cinema . i can not wait to see number 3 now .