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In less than a decade, German actress Devrim Lingnau has built her acting career on one television role after another. One of her earliest roles saw her as part of the regular cast of an adventure and mystery show for young adults. But her turn as the famous empress, Sisi of Austria, has won acclaim […]
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In the spring of 2024, a video of two German musicians singing a German language tongue-twister went viral — not just in Germany, but worldwide. The video gained immense popularity and crossed cultural barriers with its catchy rhythm, sing-song lyrics, and inherent silliness. Featuring Marti Fischer, the song was the creation of Bodo Wartke. Wartke
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In 2023, Philip Froissant won the Deutscher Fernsehpreis for Best Actor for his performance as Emperor Franz Joseph I in the streaming German-language Netflix drama The Empress. It was a well-deserved win made all the more remarkable when you consider the show was only his second on-screen role. And while he has experience in the
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German television viewers may already know Olli Schulz as one of the goofy sidekicks of Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf from shows like Circus HalliGalli and Neo Paradise. Or maybe you’ve listened to his podcast with Jan Böhmermann. But before his frequent television appearances, it was music that stole Schulz’s heart. And it is in
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All it took to jumpstart Lena Klenke’s acting career was being spotted in a school play. Now the young actress is in high demand for television and film roles. She even starred in a 2023 music video for the rapper Casper. This month, learn German with films and get to know actress Lena Klenke!
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In our go, go, go society, it is no wonder that podcasts are all the rage. You gain a certain flexibility and convenience when you learn German with podcasts. You have no excuse not to practice. You can listen in the car, on a jog, while sitting at your desk, or…anywhere! You can learn German
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For most of us, our careers are just getting started in our early twenties. But German twins Roman and Heiko Lochmann had already been long-established in the entertainment industry by their teens…and they are only in their mid-twenties as of 2024. Now better known as HE/RO, the pair were earlier known as Die Lochis. It
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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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