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FinnKuhntoday at 8:58 AM2 repliesview on HN

On the other hand, the dubbing for foreign movies is usually very well done though.


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Mashimotoday at 10:26 AM

It's one of the things I can't stand. Just by hearing, not even seeing the actors or knowing the movie title, you can hear it's a dubbed movie. I always find it uncanny to listen to.

A lot of Germans have Satellite TV, where it would be possible to send multiple audio tracks. But they use it to send dubbed German and dubbed French (in case of ARTE). AHHHH.

German movies can be great though. Land of Mine (2015) comes to mind.

spankibalttoday at 9:25 AM

I wanted to leave this Faden for all the immigrant voices but this misinformation simply cannot stand, lol.

Dubbing for foreign movies is an art long lost in Germany; the East Germans (DEFA) were especially good at it, my favorite being Karel Steklý's eternal Dobrý voják Švejk (The Good Soldier Schweik), for which DEFA tapped the Austro Rudolf Wessely.

And today? Whenever I get exposed to a German dub I get reaquainted why I call that stuff the Fremdschämspur (the cringe track).

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