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Es war einmal... der Weltraum - Planet Omega - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany High German

Now things are getting serious: The crew is getting ready to launch, and the two young pilots are eager to go along for the ride. Will they be able to persuade their fathers to let them?

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Caption 43 [de]: Na, dann hätten wir einige der kleinen Steinchen auf die Birne bekommen.
Caption 43 [en]: Well, then we would have gotten some of the little stones on the pear [we would have been hit by some of the little stones].

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Es war einmal... der Weltraum - Planet Omega - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany High German

The new recruits of the Milky Way security force arrive for training. Pierrette is worried about Fat Nose's threatening behavior. Meanwhile, the UFO enters the ship's observation space. This calls for immediate action!

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Caption 5 [de]: Wir sind mit dem gleichen Raumschiff angekommen.
Caption 5 [en]: We arrived on the same spaceship.

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Es war einmal... der Weltraum - Planet Omega - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany High German

The representatives of the confederation, chaired by the President, are now to vote on how to deal with the unknown flying object. There is no consensus at all!

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Caption 19 [de]: Kommen Sie in meine Arme!
Caption 19 [en]: Come into my arms!

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extra 3 - TOYtschland: Unser schöner Bauernhof

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany High German

Every third euro of the EU budget goes to agriculture; but unfortunately, the system ends up favoring large farms employing inhumane practices over more sustainable and ethical agricultural models. Here, NDR’s satirical program “extra 3” lays it all out as a retro-style commercial for board games. Let’s play!

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Caption 13 [de]: Also, hier kommen deine Schweine.
Caption 13 [en]: So, here come your pigs.

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Die Raumsonde Rosetta - Das Abenteuer beginnt

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany High German

“Rosetta,” a space probe launched by the European Space Agency in 2004, took over 12 years to reach her destination: a faraway comet hurtling through space. This animated short retells her epic journey in the form of a fairy tale.

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Caption 20 [de]: Auf dem Kometen angekommen,
Caption 20 [en]: After arriving on the comet,

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Umwelt und Natur - Wo sind all die Bienen hin?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany High German

Bees are rapidly dying off – a major environmental problem – and there are numerous causes. The weekly political satire show extra 3, which is produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Northern German Broadcasting), investigates colony collapse by sassily redubbing an old episode of Maya the Honey Bee, a 1970s Japanese TV series based on a German book.

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Caption 48 [de]: Also hier gibt's nix zu fressen und da kommen die Tiere nicht.
Caption 48 [en]: So here there's nothing to eat, and then animals don't come.

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Kurzfilme - NICHTLUSTIG - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany

NICHTLUSTIG is a cartoon by Joscha Sauer known for its crass and irreverent humor. In Part 3, an unexpected power outage leads to all kinds of confusion in the various households.

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Caption 58 [de]: Ich will keine Cornflakes durch die Steckdose gedrückt bekommen!
Caption 58 [en]: I don't want to get cornflakes pushed through the socket!

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Kurzfilme - NICHTLUSTIG - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany High German

In Part 2 of Joscha Sauer’s irreverent animated short, Poodle is annoyed when an unexpected visitor shows up just as he and Death are about to have breakfast, the Lemming dad chatters away with an unusually quiet homeowner, and the scientists hatch a plan to recover their toilet.

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Caption 75 [de]: In Zukunft bekommen Sie ihr Frühstück frisch und gesund von Ihrem Bauern Riebmann.
Caption 75 [en]: In the future, you'll get your breakfast fresh and healthy from your farmer Riebmann.

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Märchen - Sagenhaft - Hans mein Igel

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany

Hans, half hedgehog and half boy, is searching for his place in the world. After a chance encounter with the king, he finds himself in a predicament that leads to a very surprising ending!

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Caption 30 [de]: „Dann bitte ich um das Erste, was Sie sehen, wenn Sie in Ihren Palast kommen.“
Caption 30 [en]: "Then I will ask for the first thing that you see when you come to your palace."

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Märchen - Sagenhaft - Hänsel und Gretel

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany

Another twisted tale in the canon of the Brothers Grimm. This time, the "wicked stepmother" (in the original, it was their real mother) convinces the "loving father" to abandon their children in the winter woods. And the moral of the tale: "Abandon your children to starve and they will return with treasures"? Enjoy the wonderful animation and narration by actor Bastian Pastewka.

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Caption 29 [de]: „Wie kommen wir jetzt bloß nach Hause?“
Caption 29 [en]: "Just how do we get home now?"

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Märchen - Sagenhaft - Der Rattenfänger von Hameln

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany

Yet another grim fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm with an ambiguous moral: Pay your bills or your children will be taken away from you? Brilliantly narrated by Bastian Pastewka, from the series Legendary: Tales from Around the World.

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Caption 34 [de]: um der quietschenden Masse zu entkommen.
Caption 34 [en]: to escape the screeching crowd.

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Märchen - Sagenhaft - Der gestiefelte Kater

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Germany

This very funny and very fast animated version of "Puss in Boots" is both fun and educational to watch. NOTE: This video uses antiquated forms of German such as Eure Majestät which are roughly equivalent to "Thy Majesty" in Shakespearean-Era English, but have been translated for ease of understanding into modern English. Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

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Caption 7 [de]: Als der Müller spürte, dass seine Zeit gekommen war,
Caption 7 [en]: When the Miller felt that his time had come,

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