Looking for tips for learning German? From recommendations for German language music or films, here are some of my best tips and tricks for learning German. From one German learner to another!
German actor David Schütter may look familiar. He appeared in the 2019 remake of Charlie’s Angels and the Netflix streaming German-language series Barbarians. But since making his debut on German television, Schütter has become an award-winning actor. He has a wide range of television and film work in German and English on his impressive resume. […]
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The multi-talented Paula Hartmann is a rare breed. For most of us, finding one thing that we are passionate about and want to pursue can be difficult. And that is before you even consider if we are even good at the thing we are most passionate about. This seemingly normal challenge that most of us
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Cinema fans may remember Jana Pallaske as an autograph-seeking fan who approaches Daniel Brühl‘s character Fredrick Zoller in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. But the actress got an early start in the German film industry. Pallaske made her name by portraying several young women with difficult starts in life. Since those early roles, Pallaske has made
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The term “overnight success” is often overused. In the music industry, frequently, it is applied to artists who have in reality been slogging away at it for years. They have been playing shows in small bars and clubs and working their way up the ladder. But for Blumengarten, the pop duo from Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia,
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The actor Alexander Scheer has made a niche for himself portraying famous musicians and artists. He was Einstürzende Neubauten‘s Blixa Bargeld in Punk Berlin 1982, Keith Richards in Eight Miles High, David Bowie in We Children from Bahnhof Zoo, and Andy Warhol in Enfant Terrible. But he is more than a mere imitator. Scheer has
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In 2019, Kraftklub frontman Felix Kummer experimented with going solo. He released the album Kiox and went to the top of the album charts. Well, the idea of Kraftklub members taking on side projects seems to be catching on. This time Kraftklub’s longtime guitarist, Steffen Israel, has struck out on his own in search of
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Just over a decade ago, Jella Haase was recognized as the best young actress at the Bavarian Film Awards. Since beginning her acting career as a teenager, Haase has gone from roles in made-for-TV films and television crime series to starring in major motion pictures and as the title character in a prestigious Netflix series.
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When Vienna, Austria‘s Wanda burst onto the German-language music scene in 2014 it was seemingly out of nowhere. But before the end of that year, the band had a huge hit on their hands with their infectious single “Bologna.” Today, nearly a decade later, the band is on the verge of releasing their sixth studio
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International audiences may already know Oliver Masucci from his role in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore or the Netflix series Dark. The actor has long been recognized for his work in the German film industry with a number of awards and accolades. So now is the perfect time to get to know the work
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The Academy Awards in early 2023 certainly put German films back on the map. The exciting wins — four awards including Best International Feature Film — for director Edward Berger’s film All Quiet on the Western Front were a bit of a surprise. The massive attention to the film put the entire cast in the
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Looking for some festive music for your holiday party? Or just some tunes to listen to while you wrap gifts? Perhaps you just want to put on some music and get into the Christmas spirit? The reason doesn’t matter. But now isn’t the time to slack off with your German language practice. May your days
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The entertainment industry is full of the stories of child actors who struck it rich at a young age with a big role or captured the hearts of audiences only to find maturing to adulthood to be a detriment to their career. Luckily, Frederick Lau is not one of those cautionary tales. Quite the opposite,
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