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Historical drama set in the fictional village of Schabbach in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Drama set in the fictional village of Schabbach in the Hunsruck region of Rhineland-Palatinate in the 19th century.

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Jan Dieter Schneider

Antonia Bill

Maximilian Scheidt

Marita Breuer

Rudiger Kriese

Philine Lembeck

Melanie Fouche

Eva Zeidler

Edgar Reitz

Gert Heidenreich

Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision: Part 1

19/03/2017

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Jakob Simon dreams of emigrating from his poverty-stricken life in Rhineland.

German historical drama. Jakob Simon dreams of emigrating from his poverty-stricken life as the son of a blacksmith in Schabbach, a village in rural Rhineland.

Jakob Simon fervently dreams of emigrating from his poverty-stricken life as the son of a blacksmith in Schabbach, a small village in rural Rhineland. As he studies the languages of tribal South America, the return from military service of his more worldly brother Gustav fails to break him from his daydream, but day-to-day living in Prussian feudal society means that his dreams have to be put on hold.

In German with English subtitles.

Black and white with colour sequences.

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