Tailor of Ulm, which portrays the downfall of the aviation pioneer Albrecht Berblinger, caused Reitz's own financial circumstances to suffer. The film was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. It was during this crisis that the idea for a film project about his homeland, the Hunsrück, first came to Reitz. What began as an attempt at self-discovery, ultimately broadened out into the Heimat trilogy (from 1984), which met with critical acclaim, an enthusiastic international audience, and numerous prizes. With this epic and monumental production, Reitz achieved a quite new perspective, an approach, both poetical and realistic, to the past of Germany as it might have played out in the provinces. In 2004 Reitz was awarded the Carl Zuckmayer Medal by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate for his life's work. In the same year, he received the Master of Cinema Award of the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg. Reitz is married to the singer and actress Salome Kammer (who appeared in Heimats 2 and 3) and lives in Munich. He is an atheist. Selected filmography Lust for Love (Mahlzeiten) (1967) Cardillac (1970) Trip to Vienna (Die Reise nach Wien) (1973) In Danger and Deep Distress, the Middleway Spells Certain Death (In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod) (1974) (co-director: Alexander Kluge) Zero Hour (Stunde Null) (1977) "Grenzstation" in Germany in Autumn (Deutschland im Herbst) (1978) The Tailor from Ulm (Der Schneider von Ulm) (1978) Heimat (1984, TV series) Home from Home (Die andere Heimat) (2013) Miscellaneous Eight Hundred Times Lonely (800 Mal Einsam – Ein Tag mit dem Filmemacher Edgar Reitz) (2019), film portrait of Edgar Reitz by the German filmmaker Anna Hepp Sources This article is derived principally from the German Wikipedia article of the same name and the sources listed there. External links Edgar Reitz's official website Edgar Reitz Bibliography (via UC Berkeley) Interview with Edgar Reitz from The Guardian Long article about Reitz and Heimat by Carole Angier, from Sight and Sound, 1991 heimat123.de: substantial archive with information, reports, discussion and material about Edgar Reitz and his films (English contents) Heimat fan page 1932 births Living people People from Bernkastel-Wittlich People from the Rhine Province German atheists Mass media people from Rhineland-Palatinate Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin