Heimkehr Filming Locations
Where was Heimkehr filmed? Heimkehr was filmed in 4 locations across Germany in the following places:
Heimkehr Filming Locations
Esslingen am Neckar is a town in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, seat of the District of Esslingen as well as the largest town in the district. Within Baden-Württemberg it is the 11th largest city. It is located on the river Neckar, about 14 kilometres southeast of Stuttgart city center.
Ludwigsburg is a city just north of Stuttgart, in southwest Germany. The baroque Ludwigsburg Residential Palace houses ceramics and fashion museums. Its landscaped gardens are known as “Blooming Baroque.” Surrounded by woodland, the 18th-century Ludwigsburg Favorite Palace, once Duke Eberhard Ludwig’s summer residence, has neoclassical interiors. Northwest, Monrepos Lakeside Palace was a hunting lodge of the Duke.
Stuttgart, capital of southwest Germany’s Baden-Württemberg state, is known as a manufacturing hub. Mercedes-Benz and Porsche have headquarters and museums here. The city is filled with greenspaces, which wrap around its center. Popular parks include the Schlossgarten, Rosensteinpark and Killesbergpark. Wilhelma, one of the largest zoos and botanical gardens in Europe, is just northeast of Rosenstein Castle.
Heimkehr (2003)
Nikola, formerly successful musician, returns to his family in Stuttgart. His parents Anica and Vlado have lived in Germany for 35 years, but want to realize their dream of an own hotel in their native country Croatia. As Vlado is a hard and ambitious father, his relationship to Nikola became very difficult, while his younger brother Joso plans to go back with his parents. The third son, Branko, committed suicide after participating in the Yugoslavian civil war. On the eve of the homecoming, Nikola confesses to his father that his career has failed and accuses him of destroying the whole family...