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On learning German
9 June 2020 12:52 amMargaret Drabble on learning German:
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/11/14/german-lessons/
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/11/14/german-lessons/
I spent the day up to my ears in Luis Trenker...
It all started when I wanted to check the spelling of the Swiss guide's name in "Der Kampf ums Matterhorn", which I remembered from the intertitles as being 'Cros' but which the Internet credits and film handout for this picture all give as 'Cross' (probably because the IMDb does and everywhere else used that as a reference.)
So I saw that YouTube apparently had an upload of the film, and I went to look at it in order to find the credit screen at the start and update the IMDb if necessary.
But the clip turned out to start off with Luis Trenker doing an introduction to the film, talking about how he came to make it, etc. My German isn't exactly wonderful, but since I'd read quite a lot of the information in the programme notes for the film screening I could make out what he was talking about, even if not everything he was saying.( Read more... )
It all started when I wanted to check the spelling of the Swiss guide's name in "Der Kampf ums Matterhorn", which I remembered from the intertitles as being 'Cros' but which the Internet credits and film handout for this picture all give as 'Cross' (probably because the IMDb does and everywhere else used that as a reference.)
So I saw that YouTube apparently had an upload of the film, and I went to look at it in order to find the credit screen at the start and update the IMDb if necessary.
But the clip turned out to start off with Luis Trenker doing an introduction to the film, talking about how he came to make it, etc. My German isn't exactly wonderful, but since I'd read quite a lot of the information in the programme notes for the film screening I could make out what he was talking about, even if not everything he was saying.( Read more... )
