Heimat — Season 1, Episode 6: The Home Front (1943)

Episode synopsis

1943 -- the last large-scale German offensive assault on the eastern front begins at Kursk. The military situation really begins to deteriorate for the Germans in the Soviet Union. Maria gave birth to a son by Otto, named Hermann, unbeknownst to the former chief engineer. Both of Maria's older sons are in the German armed forces. Anton works with the film camera unit in the Soviet Union. Son Ernst has become an air cadet learning to fly fighter planes. Out of nowhere, Martha, the pregnant girlfriend of Anton, suddenly sows up at the Simon family home in Schabbach. Big-hearted Katharine of course takes her in. Martha and Maria becomes close friends. Later a special proxy marriage by phone takes place between Martha and Anton. In Russia, his film crew shoots his picture as the wedding by phone takes place.

About Heimat

Spanning 1919 to 1982, in the fictional village of Schabbach, live Maria Simon and her family, whose lives and community are changed by historical events around them.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Call of Far-Away Places (1919-1928)
• E2The Center of the World (1928-1933)
• E3The Best Christmas Ever (1935)
• E4The Highway (1938)
• E5Up and Away and Back (1938-1939)
• E7Soldiers and Love (1944)
• E8The American (1944-1947)
• E9Little Hermann (1955-1956)
• E10The Proud Years (1967-1969)
• E11The Feast of the Living and the Dead (1982)