Comments by "Holger P." (@holger_p) on "Why Germans u0026 Austrians have NEVER HEARD of "The Sound of Music" | Feli from Germany" video.

  1. I guess it's more like, you have sweet memories of watching it with loved ones. It's not the movie itself. Since you probable don't know german movies, produced in USA, it's a bit arrogant to expect the world to know US-movies. There are so many, not making it over the pond. Today with Netflix it's more, but on the other hand, Netflix also brings Spanish, Swedish or Argentine cinema to Germany, its not only US dominated.
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  2. This emphasizes it's completly meaningless to anybody out of Salzburg. There were like 500 movies of this style in the 50ies, this one, is just one of many, and since it's in English, why not watching one of the 495 ones in German ..... to cope with the Nazis, it just came too early.
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  3. You talking about the plant, not the song. Just to not cause confusion. Yes it's an endangoured species. Maybe you also want to impress with the tusk of an elephant. IT's also forbidden. Just for case this is your next idea.
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  4. So, you are very likely no European.
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  5. Sounds like a touristic place, fullfulling expectations of Americans.
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  6. Maybe Anne Frank oder Schindlers List is better for that purpose. But the content actually cannot be a reason to qualify as a good movie.
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  7. No, not in 1964, that's completly uncommon. In that time, even Italian operas were performed in german translation. Today they returned to the original with subtitles. But any commercial recent musical production on stage, like Lion king , or Les Miserables or Cats, is 100% in German today, including the songs. Can you imagine Hamilton in German Rap ? Sometimes they also mix, I saw West Side Story or Show Boat with some songs in German, some in English. Depends on Popularity and on how much of the story is in the song.
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  8. It's cause Americans watch American movies, and Germans watch German movies. Very simple concept. At least in the 50ies this was true. Especially on this type of movies, Germany or Austria simply had too many. We also don't watch Bollywood movies set up in the Alps.
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  9. In 1978, there wasn't even TV program 24/7. This came later, also multiple channels. They needed more material. But as more channels, as less family gatherings in front of TV. The dominance of hollywood movies also started just around this time. Maybe with Grease, Jaws, E.T. and so on. Before it was not that common. "Gone with the wind" or "Quo Vadis" made it. On TV "The Waltons" or later "Little house on the prairy" were very successfull.
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  10.  @Elo-hv3fw  No, it's called copyright.
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  11. Maybe it's due to strong bonds or migration between Italy and US. Cause there is absolutly no relation from this movie to christmas, except US-culture made a connection. And there are plenty of these movies made in Alto Adige, you should rather bond to that somehow.
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  12.  @mytholictim  Felis Video is about TSOM is not known around the world. NO theatre is ever putting it on stage, and even in US, it became a christmas tradition, and spread as a christmas tradition, not so much as a musical. Cinderella story, reproduced in different parts of the world, for different parts of the world, is a good analogy. And there also, the story is rather unimportant, it's the fact you have to see it. It's like putting up the christmas tree, does not mean you love trees.
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  13. But don't people search, what they not know ? It's videos like this here from Feli, causing the search.
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  14. If they are born in 1953, how can they have had vacation before the war ? The point is more, you need to see the movie, to be able to love it. It's not like Germans would not love it, but how should the see it ?
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  15. It's the same effect, as Winnetou beeing unknown in USA, I think. (No, it's not Winnie the Pooh)
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  16. It only became "noodles" to rhyme with "strudel". There was literally no other reason for this "recipe".
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  17. Cause we don't remember the movie itself, we remember watching this movie with friends and family. You cannot replace the movie, cause you cannot replace the memory. Nostalgy doesn't work this copies.
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  18. The most successfull Broadway Musical in Germany through 50 years, is Fiddler on the roof/Anatevka, with so many productions in many cities. After around 1990 musical became an industry, with running one production for 30 years in one theatre only, like the Lion King or Cats. That feels more commercial.
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  19. No, the title doesn't change it really. There are 500 movies like this, and nobody remembers all their names. Maybe this is one of the only movies this style, made by Hollywood. The movie became important by making it a family event in the states, it's not the movie itself. The Sissi movies took this role in Germany. There is also a German version of the story, it's not a remake, but the same story, called the "Trapp-family" with a sequel "Trapp-family in America" which is not really famous.
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  20. That's actually better known in Germany, than sound of music. With 168 episodes it's simply very likely to run into it accidently .. in a time with small number of TV channels.
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