Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
Here you can watch the second part of Alexander Hauff's show reel. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
In this third and final segment, we get another sample from the German actor Alexander Hauff's film and screen repertoire. Viel Spaß!
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
When Eva Sonntag gets hired for a job, the email goes to the wrong person, who then decides to assume the identity of Eva Sonntag. What could go wrong?
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
Suspicious that the new co-worker is forging her identity, one of the workers talks with the real Eva Sonntag.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
As it turns out, the fake Eva Sonntag is not the only imposter in the office.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany Middle High German
"Johnnie Head-In-the-Air" is one of the famous stories from the children’s book Der Struwwelpeter, written by Frankfurt doctor Heinrich Hoffmann in 1845.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
"The Story of the Flying Robert" is another one from Heinrich Hoffmann's famous children's book Der Struwwelpeter, published in 1845.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
Der Struwwelpeter, known famously in English as Shockheaded Peter, is a brutal set of stories from the 19th century intended to terrify children into behaving.
In 1891, Mark Twain wrote Slovenly Peter, his own translation of the book.
This video selection, made in the 1950s, adds a fantastic, surreal element to what is already a bizarre selection of tales. Copyright: RheinMainTV.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Berlinian
Die Klasse – Berlin '61 is a docudrama about a class of students who commuted from East Berlin to the West on a daily basis to attend school, and the consequences of the construction of the Berlin Wall. The story is told through interviews as well as reenacted scenes.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Berlinian
Even though adolescents who were denied the right to attend high school in East Berlin could find ways to continue their education in the West, neither the commute nor the social dynamics were easy.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Berlinian
The students at the Kepler School can spend their evenings out in West Berlin as well, but are constantly dealing with the boundaries.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Berlinian
As rumors began that the border was to be closed, the students began to wonder how their studies and lives would progress.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Smuggling items to relatives who had left Berlin was a difficult mission. At the same time, it often seemed difficult to completely comprehend how high the stakes would be.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Outside of the classroom, the students who travelled to the West for school were confronted with important life decisions and their consequences.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Tough decisions had to be made as the future became more and more uncertain. Even the annual class trip required students living in the East to travel separately.
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