Der HEIMATFILM als wichtiges Filmgenre des deutschsprachigen Kinos

Shortly before the outbreak of World War II: Private Asch and gunner Vierbein belong to the same unit but could not be more contrary.

Playboy Mark Fürberg lands in Zell am See with his drunken friend Pit Tanner.

Le peintre Hans Hauser tombe éperdument amoureux de la "fille de la Forêt-Noire", Bärbele Riederle. Il se rend dans son village natal et les deux hommes réalisent bientôt qu'ils sont faits l'un pour l'autre.

The former landowner Lüder Lüdersen had to flee East Prussia because of the war and is now working as an administrator for his cousin in Lüneburg.

In a small German village in the middle of large moors, there is an old legend of a young woman having sunk in the wetland after being raped by a Swedish intruder of the Thirty Years' war. Now young Dorothee, falling in love with the architect Ludwig, is harassed by an obnoxious, rich farmer Eschmann. The brutal man is ready to do anything to get the maiden. The history is repeating itself, as Eschmann follows Dorothee to the moors after his crime.

German village gets a new doctor, but the conservative folk have trouble accepting a female for the job.

For centuries, the Norwegian Björndal family has been gaining wealth and prestige, painstakingly conquering farm land on nature to make their estate Björndal the envy of all the region, while their proud rivals, the noble von Gall family on the castle Borkland, lost fortune. The Björndal patriarch Dag Sr., scarred in the face during a bear kill, has two sons: his fierce first-born favorite Tore shares his love for taunting the von Galls, while the gentle Dag Jr. rather enjoys the silence of the forest. When Tore seems to court the equally proud and stubborn Elisabeth von Gall, she makes her military suitor Lt. Margas challenge him to a duel- Tore, armed only with his coach whip, is pierced by his saber and his corps carried away by the river; now Elisabeth turns away from him. Even a month later Dag Sr. refuses to believe the missing Tore must be dead. Hunting the last bear, Dag Jr. loses his rifle and is badly wounded killing the beast with his knife; Adelheid and her father, retired royal guards Major Barre, friends of the von Galls, witness this, bring him home and are invited to stay at Björndal, where Adelheid nurses him and slips out Tore's fate to Dag Sr.; she and Dag Jr. fall in love. Even when her father confesses the mortgaged castle estate is near financial ruin, Elisabeth refuses to consider finding a rich husband as Margas, who just died, could have been. At Christmas, Dag Sr. invites Adhelheid to stay indefinitely, and she persuades him to attend church for the first time since the death of his wife Thérèse, 20 years earlier- there he springs the lovers to marry. In Spring Dag Sr. has a major wood contract for the English mines, which can only be fulfilled with the castle's cooperation; the von Galls finally learn the Björndals have bought all their debts. Elisabeth refuses the logs customary passage by the river trough the castle estate so father Björndal chooses, at great expense and inhuman effort, to create an alternative route, even if it kills a workman to Dag Jr. disgust which even makes him leave to become a sailor, and forecloses on the castle- the proud Elisabeth rather sets fire to it and burns in it. Only the next Christmas Dag Sr. learns from von Gall that Elisabeth secretly loved Tore; trying to reach his meanwhile returned son and Adelheid, the old man catches a fatal cold in the snow, and dies after learning he has a newborn grandson, Tore.

After all the drama in "Und Ewig Singen die Wälder", the surviving second son and heir, Dag junior, father of the next heir, lays his father in his grave. The former castle estate steward feared to be thrown out with his retarded son Lorenz, but is offered management again, and a new house for him and Adelheids's old aunt Eleonore Barre, the sister of Dag's now in-living father-in-law, Royal Guards Major Henrik a.D. Barre, who will tend to Bjorndal estate's bookkeeping. Dag is fair for his tenants, while hard for those who try to cheat him, and gives employ to hapless Gunvor, till her husband writes her sprung from jail, so she admits having been charged with the same murder as he; Dag finds and gets rid of her husband who tells him she was unfaithful with the victim, a rich apothecary in the city; paid off to leave for suggesting -perhaps truthfully- her baby is Henriks, showing the treasured ring the major once receives from a royal chamberlain, Gunvor takes revenge by breaking a window so his infant dies from the icy wind, while Adelheid worried what caused this nightly haste. After the funeral Eleonore convinces Adelheid happiness can only return after making up with Dag, and sends her brother to Dag, who warns him he can't continue taking the blame in his wife's eyes; the Major shoots himself, leaving a letter about his guilt. Years later the couple has other children; the wood business is good, exporting to Britain. Eleonore adopts orphan girl Barbara. When the flood causes logs to clog up in the river requiring an explosion, Lorenz takes Barabara for a coach drive and they jump in a boat; Dag jumps in at the last moment, but the logs catch up, only the girl gets safe ashore and becomes son Dag III's sweetheart...

In the mountains of Switzerland at the end of the Via Mala, Jonas Lauretz tyrannically rules his family. While he's enjoying himself in the city, spraying his family's hard-won pay, his daughter, son, wife and servant toil in the sawmill.

In 1954, after their flight from East Prussia following WWII, orphaned sister Angela, Barbara (Dick), and Brigitte (Dalli) have settled with their Oma (Grandmother) Jantzen near Eutin in Schleswig-Holstein. The Jantzens have owned the 18th-century manor horse "Immenhof" for over 100 years, breeding and selling ponies. Jochen von Roth has only recently returned from POW camp and is now trying to establish a stud farm in the old forester's house about 5 kilometers from the manor house. Both Oma Jantzen and von Roth are struggling with finances. Debt might force Oma Jantzen to face auctioning off her possessions. Into this situation arrives Ethelbert, the sisters' posh big-city cousin, making a fool of himself in his red-and-white riding gear, falling off ponies and into traps, but Dick feels drawn to him. Romance also blossoms between Jochen von Roth and Angela. Helped along by a thunderstorm and a horse-buyer's cash, everything resolves happily, with Jochen proposing to Angela and Ethelbert promising to write often.

The story is set around 1956, two years after the first film. What was menacing then has become bitter truth: The Immenhof has been closed by officials, awaiting auction. In the meantime, Angela has died, so Jochen is now a widower. Oma Jantzen and Angela's younger sisters Dick and Dalli live with him in the forester's house. To save the manor house, Dalli has started a "pony circus" with the village children in the barn, while Dick has given up hope of Ethelbert ever returning; he hasn't written in over a year. She doesn't know he's already on his way, bringing along his university friend Ralf. When Ethelbert learns from Dalli that Dick and Ralf are getting much better acquainted than he was bargaining for (we're talking about getting to first-name basis here, it's the 1950s), and he also learns of the trouble the Immenhof is in, he secretly summons his rich uncle Pankraz and his beautiful daughter Margot to the forester's house. After many pranks the ponies and Dalli's gang of would-be cowboys play on Pankraz, he finally caves in, saves the Immenhof, and allows his daughter to marry Jochen. Dick is now expecting letters from Ralf, and Ethelbert may or may not transfer his attentions to Dalli.

The pony hotel has just been opened, but so far no guests have arrived. Dick gets Ralf to design a brochure about the hotel. The girls and Ethelbert then lead the village children on horseback to Lübeck, where they all distribute the brochure, not knowing that Dalli has added some embellishments to the text. An orphaned boy wins a two-week stay at the hotel. Luckily, paying guests are coming now, too. Most important among them is Dr. Westkamp, boss of a travel agency. Unfortunately, he keeps very much to himself. Quite unlike a certain Fräulein Gisela, who much to Dick's dislike seems to have set her cap upon Ralf. All is happily resolved when it turns out that Gisela is Westkamp's secretary. Westkamp offers Jochem a contract and Ralf a job; from now on, The Immenhof will no longer go without guests.

A novice nun, Maria, is sent to care for the unruly children of a wealthy baron. The baron and Maria fall in love, Maria leaves the convent, and they marry. Under Maria's guidance the family becomes a nationally acclaimed singing group, but when the baron is commissioned to join the German army the family flees to the United States where they endeavor to become established as singers once again. Based upon the true story of the Von Trapp family.

The von Trapp family are struggling to survive in America, where their performances of European church music are not popular with the audiences. Only when they start performing more upbeat Austrian folk songs and even some American numbers do they become a success and finally find security and a new home.

Andreas, a young German student, comes to Hungary on an exchange programme. In the Hungarian village he falls in love with the stationmaster's daughter Piroschka and spends much of his time with her. They have an enchanting summer until Andreas gets an invitation to join another young woman at a nearby resort. Piroschka is jealous and follows him there, causing trouble. It takes a long time for Andreas and Piroschka to even talk to each other again. When Andreas must leave Hungary at the end of his holiday, he is determined to return someday.