I'm watching the first season of Babylon Berlin to practice the listening.
I've noticed that when Charlotte is talking to her sister, or the general dialogues at her house, it's much harder to me to understand than when she talks to Gereon. Does she changes to a different dialect when talking to her relatives?
It seems to me she has kinda 3 ways of speaking; one more formal and clearer when at the Office, one more informal (that I would say is the Berliner accent, am I right?) and one completely different and much harder to understand when she's talking to relatives.
I've also noticed some different accents depicted on the series, like the woman's Gereon goes talk to about the photo, Bruno's, the pharmacy man's. Are they all Berliner?
I searched on here. Didn't find any mention of it. So if I am permitted to shill here, I would like to shill this - Babylon Berlin. It's a neo-noir psychological thriller series set at the tail end of the Weimar Republic. It deals with the looming emergence of Nazis and the breakdown of Weimar democracy.
There are currently 3 seasons (4th is in production). It's the most expensive German TV show in history, is entirely in German (don't watch it with the terrible American English dubs) and is one of the best TV shows I've ever watched. It's absurdly underrated internationally.
It’s a great 1987 film that I’d love to see on the big screen. Gonna get baked beforehand :) Tickets are €9 online, might be cheaper in person.
I’m 25F, American/Indonesian, currently in Berlin for my masters. Into cinema, psych rock, cooking, history, politics, you get the gist.
English title: Wings of Desire
I'm having a really good time watching Babylon Berlin after having read Gravity's Rainbow. Drawing lots of connections between characters: Edgar and Der Springer, Dr. Schmidt and Laszlo Jampf, Nyssen AG and IG Farben. I'd love to read some comparisons and connections.
I've been a fan of the show ever since it came out on Netflix, but since the next season isn't being released until next year, I'd like to have something similar to watch in the meantime.
Hallo, I am currently learning German at an A1 level. I’ve been watching German films and shows to improve my listening skills, and have just finished season 3 of ‘Babylon Berlin’ on Netflix (original German audio with English subtitles). I’ve noticed that the main characters- Gereon and Charlotte- uses the formal Sie form of ‘you’ when speaking with each other, even though they are close colleagues and have a fledgling romantic relationship (e.g. “Sie können sich gern heir ausbreiten”). My question is whether they use this form because of the professional aspect of their relationship, or if this was just a more common way of speaking during the 1920’s (when the show is set)? And regarding formal vs informal in general, when would it be appropriate to address someone as du?
*edit: Thanks so much to everyone who’s commented, Formal/Informal has been a tricky thing for me (native English speaker) to wrap my head around and this has been immensely helpful.
Hallo, german friends!
I really liked Babylon Berlin, especially the atmosphere in it. Those dance scenes and environment made me want to watch more and more of it.. but I finished the series unfortunately. I want some tv shows similar to babylon berlin, including great dance scenes, great atmosphere and musics, i hope i made myself clear
(not my mother tongue, sorry for mistakes)
Rated. Gritty. Fascinating. Noir.
If you are over 18 years old and were looking for best series Netflix has to offer. Then Bingo.
This series is so full of twists, suspense and humanity, that is strikes right into one's mind and heart. Relationships, money, ideologies. It's all here.
American series usually evade dirt, illnesses, weaknesses, humanity and forgiveness of everyday life. Not in Deutschland. Life is alive here!
http://imgur.com/gallery/jc83sS5
From Prelude (2019)
It makes me feel like he's cheating on Martha.
My friend and I, both huge fans of the show, are college students studying history/political science and film, respectively. I haven’t been able to find much material on Youtube or Spotify about Babylon Berlin. Given our love of discussing this show to every detail and our areas of knowledge, we’re planning to record a podcast series dissecting and analyzing each episode.
I wrote a post here a few months ago titled “Babylon Berlin from a political science perspective” which people seemed very interested in! Our show would be a mix of this style of political analysis along with historical context, discussion of the plot and characters, and the cinematography and direction choices, hopefully with a lot of humor and insight.
This is a great subreddit which I enjoy reading and appreciate the analysis from, so I hope some of you would consider listening to a podcast like this!
UPDATE: Our podcast, Midnight Streaming, is up on Youtube! It’s available to watch here, we can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
I've been watching this on Netflix and I really don't know much about Germany especially during the Weimar Republic and earlier. There is a police detective from Cologne who works in Berlin. He seems to get made fun of for being on there. Why was it looked down upon to be from there? Are people from there still looked down upon?
An incredible show that covers Germany's political climate between WW1 and WW2. After the fall of the German Empire, many different factions/ideologies were fighting for control of Germany. This show is wonderful and often reminds me of The Wire because its depth and ability to share the times through multiple characters. It's not about one person, it's about Berlin.
Just like The Wire, it's hard for me to convince my friends to jump on it. But I figure, y'all would love it 😂
Listen, I wouldn't say it was bad, it was just, a bit much.
In the last few episodes of season 2 there were like 16 twists, and on the last episode it really seemed like they were just piling stuff on top of itself.
Additionally, come one, that on top of the train shootout, real? like rael? Wolter had his ear blown off and he can just take a bullet and keep walking, Gereon is suppose to have like, deep pstd, and also I think that just as a rule getting shot on top of a moving train once should be like, debilitating, getting shot twice should be a certain death.
Also, with the Fritz thing, is the suggestion that he was never actually a communist, and he was just using her the whole time to get to him, or did he turn Nazi, and if that was him at the train station, why did he show literally no surprise. Like, if you are lying to someone to the point they think you're dead, and then they see you, like, not dead, my first reaction isn't like "oop, alright guess I will just have to pretend like I'm not Fritz", my first reaction is "oh shit, I'm in my SA uniform and also not dead".
Oh, and also, they went like literally all out with the Lotte is dead thing, and then she just came back. I think they put it in two different episodes as well, which is just kind of cringe to be honest. I have no problem with scaring the audience a little bit, but they just went a bit far with it.
I searched on here. Didn't find any mention of it. So if I am permitted to shill here, I would like to shill this - Babylon Berlin. It's a neo-noir psychological thriller series set at the tail end of the Weimar Republic. There are no sci-fi or parallel universe elements here, nor is it alt-history but it deals with the looming emergence of Nazis and the breakdown of Weimar democracy.
There are currently 3 seasons (4th is in production). It's the most expensive German TV show in history, is entirely in German (don't watch it with the terrible American English dubs) and is one of the best TV shows I've ever watched. It's absurdly underrated internationally.
I searched on here. Didn't find any mention of it. So if I am permitted to shill here, I would like to shill this - Babylon Berlin. It's a neo-noir psychological thriller series set at the tail end of the Weimar Republic. There are no sci-fi or parallel universe elements here, nor is it alt-history but it deals with the looming emergence of Nazis and the breakdown of Weimar democracy.
There are currently 3 seasons (4th is in production). It's the most expensive German TV show in history, is entirely in German (don't watch it with the terrible American English dubs) and is one of the best TV shows I've ever watched. It's absurdly underrated internationally.
What do you think about the series "Babylon Berlin" and in general about era of Weimar Republic?
