Recommendations for German movies/music?

[The Count]

I'm learning German, and I think watching movies in German and listening to music in German helps me learn. So does anyone have any recommendations?

[nemesisuk]

Sept 26, 2010 11:42:20 GMT -8 The Count said:

I'm learning German, and I think watching movies in German and listening to music in German helps me learn. So does anyone have any recommendations?

You could do a lot worse than watch Das Boot.
Aside from anything else, it's a brilliant watch.

It's in German, with English subtitles.

Good luck with learning German

[D]

Die Welle (The Wave), Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others), Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (the Baader Meinhof Komplex) and Yella are all great films. Watching these four you'll pick up some German History, too.

[Division by Zero]

Watch Michael Haneke's most recent film Das weiße Band.

[Ara (Crow)]

Try any documentary on WW2, they always have people speaking german, usually with subtitles.

[ukschalke]

Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo

[B L I Z Z]

Watch 'M', it's a great movie.

[D]

Sept 26, 2010 12:46:07 GMT -8 Division by Zero said:

Watch Michael Haneke's most recent film Das weiße Band.

Argh, I keep forgetting that Heneke is German since all I've watched is Caché.

[Division by Zero]

Sept 26, 2010 13:06:52 GMT -8 D said:

Sept 26, 2010 12:46:07 GMT -8 Division by Zero said:

Watch Michael Haneke's most recent film Das weiße Band.

Argh, I keep forgetting that Heneke is German since all I've watched is Caché.

Haneke is Austrian.

[D]

Sept 26, 2010 13:14:45 GMT -8 Division by Zero said:

Sept 26, 2010 13:06:52 GMT -8 D said:

Argh, I keep forgetting that Heneke is German since all I've watched is Caché.

Haneke is Austrian.

Seems I've made the same mistake many make with Hitler

[The Count]

Thanks for all the recommendations. I'll be sure to check them all out. What about music though? I have Rammstein, but that's about it. Anything for music?

[huskette]

For movies, I really enjoyed Rosenstrasse, which is about the germn wives of jewish men in Germany in WWII and how their vigil and their lobbying saved their husbands from the camps. Sophie Scholl is also an interesting movie about the german resistance...

As for music, it's a totally different genre from Rammestein, but I listen to Julianne Werding, sometimes. It's poppy and light and easy to understand. Nena, who wrote 99 Luftbaloon is pretty good too, also poppy and light.

[Violet]

Bands:
Oomph!
Songs:
Ghetto bass (ghetto bass- Azad)
eines zwei polizei (1, 2 police- Mo-Do)
Ein Festival der Liebe (The festival of Love- Jürgen Marcus)
fiesta mexicana (Mexican fiesta- rex gildo)
Ich Bin Dein Gummibär (I am your gummybear)

Movies:
Inglorious Bastards is good too because it goes between English, French and German (with English subtitles for French and German) and it gives a small since of history.

Other:
Also, you can watch the weather in German.

[ukschalke]

Sept 26, 2010 14:25:09 GMT -8 The Count said:

Anything for music?

i dont really know any but maybe this link will help you.scroll down and then click on video to listen to the song (opens in a new window)

[winter weezland]

Sept 26, 2010 15:08:30 GMT -8 Violet said:

Movies:
Inglorious Bastards is good too because it goes between English, French and German (with English subtitles for French and German) and it gives a small since of history.

I was actually just going to suggest this. But you do know very little of that film is accurate right?