Das boote–in the original.
[quote]big nurse wrote:
Das boote–in the original.[/quote]
Das Boote rules.
[quote]BradTGIF wrote:
[quote]big nurse wrote:
Das boote–in the original.[/quote]
Das Boote rules.
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I am assuming it is the porn spoof?
Try to find “Der Untergang” in the original German version. The main actor had to learn the real accent Hitler had.
Another great and depressing war movie is “Stalingrad”. In contrast to almost all American war movies, it doesn’t make you want to go to war after you’ve seen it.
Also, if you are into World War 2, try watching German documentaries. They are more sober and nothing like the American/British versions. The history is written by the victor, but I prefer the German versions.
My wife is German, so the language is not an issue for me.
[quote]int3x0r wrote:
Another great and depressing war movie is “Stalingrad”. In contrast to almost all American war movies, it doesn’t make you want to go to war after you’ve seen it.
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Yeah, I wanted to suggest that one too, but for someone brought up on American propa…, um healthy American values regarding the liberation of foreign nations, all that senseless death and suffering might be disturbing.
I’m not American, guys (not that there is anything wrong with that). I would actually really like to see more of German perspective on WWII. I was born in Yugoslavia and I’ve seen four wars and two coops by the time I was 16.
Btw, I visited Stalingrad - today it’s called Volgograd - last summer. Places like that can really mess with your head.
Heard good things about ‘Stalingrad’ from other people, too. Will defiantly see it.
Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ with Peter Lorre.
“Antibodies” (original title Antikorper)
[quote]Jewbacca wrote:
My grandfather always loved the German version of “Im Westen nichts Neues” (aka “All Quiet on the Western Front” or I guess literally “All Quiet in the West”) because he fought for Germany in WWI (ironic now, I know, but hardly uncommon then).
Looking on the internet, it looks like this may have orginally been an American movie of a German book that was dubbed back into the original German.
It’s an early 1930s movie.[/quote]
It was based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque about the horrors of WWI attritional warfare from the German perspective and what is now called PTS disorder. It was banned by Goebbels and co because it was an anti-war story. Goebbels preferred Ernst Junger’s autobiographical ‘Storm of Steel’:
Some good comedies are:
Bang Boom Bang
Loriot’s sketches and movies like Ödipussi, Papa ante portas
The german dubbing of Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill movies
Also worth to be checked out are the works of Werner Herzog, especially his collaborations with Klaus Kinski.
[quote]MaliMedved wrote:
I’m not American, guys (not that there is anything wrong with that). I would actually really like to see more of German perspective on WWII. I was born in Yugoslavia and I’ve seen four wars and two coops by the time I was 16.
Btw, I visited Stalingrad - today it’s called Volgograd - last summer. Places like that can really mess with your head.
Heard good things about ‘Stalingrad’ from other people, too. Will defiantly see it. [/quote]
I didn’t see either of these mentioned, but you could try “Die Bruecke” and “Des Teufels General”, two older movies.
As far as watching movies in German for the purpose learning German as an intermediate student, you could also get some good mileage out of finding German versions of popular American movies, since already having the context could make it easier to listen along.
As far as other movies, like the two I mentioned above, if you’re also interested in important German cinema in general, watching a few films by Fassbinder could be worth your while. I liked “Angst essen Seele auf”.
Der Schuh des Manitu or Traumschiff Surprise (both by Bully Herbig), dont think ive laughed more at any movie ive ever seen. Might be a bit hard for you though because many of the jokes are playing on words and they speak in a bit of a bavarian accent sometimes but highly recommended.