The Heimat Saga (Edgar Reitz, 1984-2013)

[spencermfi]

More info here: http://stiftung.reitz-medien.de/
and here's a google translation of the main points:

"Edgar Reitz made film history with his film epic DIE ZWEITE HEIMAT – A Chronicle of a Youth . Already at the world premiere at the Venice Film Festival 30 years ago and the German premiere in Munich's Prinzregententheater, the critics' voices were overflowing with enthusiasm.

The digital redesign of DIE ZWEITE HEIMAT in the Director's Cut version required four full years of painstaking manual work. The original image and sound materials were used for a completely new mastering. Countless details of the staging and camera art, which used to be lost in the analogue system, now appear on the screen and reveal a hitherto unknown wealth of fascinating narrative moments.

The Edgar Reitz Filmstiftung is presenting the sensationally restored new version of this great work in September in Munich's ARRI cinema. On the opening weekend, September 17th and 18th, 2022, films 1-5 will be shown. The ARRI cinema will then show the other eight parts in the following weeks on Mondays and Fridays in its club cinema."

[Stefan Andersson]

Zweite Heimat Bluray release in Germany, Nov. 24 (StudioCanal):
https://www.heimat123.de/restaurierte-z ... f-blu-ray/

[therewillbeblus]

Great news. I still need to watch my Second Sight blu of the first series -which has been sitting on my shelf since it came out four+ years ago- but I've heard the second is the best so maybe this will motivate me!

[denti alligator]

Zweite Heimat Bluray release in Germany, Nov. 24 (StudioCanal):
https://www.heimat123.de/restaurierte-z ... f-blu-ray/

Wow, merry Christmas, I guess. Hope it includes English subs.

[therewillbeblus]

It appears that the German SC blu set did not contain English subs, and then SC released it in the U.K. 2.5 years later with English subs. Hopefully we get an English-friendly release earlier this time around

[pzadvance]

The Zweite Heimat blu-ray is out now in Germany and it sadly has no English subs as confirmed by this listing.

[Stefan Andersson]

Description, in German, of differences between the 1993 and 2022 Zweite Heimat:
https://heimat-fanpage.de/unterschiede- ... -und-2022/
(Description for first two episodes only; to be continued)

[Stefan Andersson]

Comparison of differences between Zweite Heimat 1993 and 2022, updated to include Episodes 1-11:
https://heimat-fanpage.de/unterschiede- ... -und-2022/

Edited this post on 05/13/2023 because the Heimat fanpage had been updated.

[Stefan Andersson]

News re: financing the restoration of the last three parts of Heimat 3:
https://www.ffa.de/pressemitteilungen-d ... ilmen.html

Financing for restoration of the first three parts was finalized in 2022:
https://www.heimat123.de/ffa-foerdert-d ... -heimat-3/