The BEST episodes of Heimat season 1
Every episode of Heimat season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Heimat season 1!
Spanning 1919 to 1982, in the fictional village of Schabbach, lives Maria Simon and her family, whose lives and community are changed by historical events around them.
#1 - The Call of Far-Away Places (1919–1928)
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1984
The teenager Paul Simon takes up the hobby of wireless radio and marries the girl Maria, but leaves the village and never returns.
#2 - Soldiers and Love (1944)
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/1984
The Simon family deals with the waning years of the German war.
#3 - Up and Away and Back (1938–1939)
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1984
Paul writes from the United States that he is visiting, forcing his ex-wife Maria to break up with Otto. However without proof of his Aryan lineage Paul is unable to enter Germany.
#4 - The Feast of the Living and the Dead (1982)
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1984
It is the twilight years of the older generation of the Simons, with a flashback to Maria's 70th birthday party and then her funeral.
#5 - The Highway (1938)
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1984
A highway is built near Schabbach, and one of the engineers, Otto, becomes Maria's lover.
#6 - The Best Christmas Ever (1935)
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1984
Eduard Simon becomes the mayor of a village near Schabbach.
#7 - The Centre of the World (1929–1933)
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1984
Paul Simon's brother Eduard moves to Berlin and meets the socialite Lucie.
#8 - The Home Front (1943)
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1984
Anton Simon, fighting on the Russian front, marries Martha Hanke via a telephone wedding. Schabbach villagers confront the morality of Nazism.
#9 - The American (1945–1947)
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1984
Paul returns to Germany. The Simon family struggles for prosperity in the lean post-war years.
#10 - The Proud Years (1967–1969)
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1984
Anton Simon and his brother Ernst struggle for success in their businesses.
#11 - Little Hermann (1955–1956)
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1984
Hermann has a love affair with 26-year-old Klärchen, who is ostracized from Schabbach.