[kreas]

This is off to a great start. I've been studying German through various methods for around 3 years now. Mostly as a mental exercise but also because I love German television.

For me, reading has been one of most productive ways to learn.

[TurkishPoptart]

can you recommend any German shows? thanks!!

[lb1lf]

Dark was terrific. Time travels and parallel worlds. Deutschland '83 (in particular) but also '86 and '89 were quite decent - about a young German becoming a Stasi superagent of sorts.

Oh, and while you're at it, get Das Boot if you haven't already, also available as a TV miniseries.

As for movies, you could do a lot worse than picking up a few Wim Wenders movies - say, Der Himmel über Berlin or Alice in den Städten.

Oh, if you pick up Der Himmel über Berlin, consider picking up In weiter Ferne, so nah! as well. Same universe, but more run-of-the-mill than Himmel über Berlin, which is probably the most poetically beautiful movie I have ever seen.

[fersarr]

Nice ones! I also enjoyed some of those. Would also add to the list: biohackers, We Children from Bahnhof Zoo, barbaren, and maybe dogs of berlin.

[schroeding]

(All non-amazon links will probably require a German IP / VPN - you may find those shows on other streaming platforms, too)

Stromberg - German adaptation of The Office, but Bernd Stromberg (aka Micheal Scott / David Brent) is a bit of an asshole this time and it's not a paper company, but an insurance company.

https://www.amazon.de/Stromberg-Staffel-2/dp/B00ERLPUNA

Tatort - mostly serious show about police solving murders, produced by all of the local public broadcasters, e.g. there are Tatorts from Cologne, Münster, Munich, each using the regional dialect. "Polizeiruf 110" is the version of the ex-GDR, it works the same way. The Münster-Tatort is quite funny:

https://www.ardmediathek.de/sammlung/tatort-folgen-mit-thiel... https://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/krimi/tatort/index.html

Tatortreiniger - a show about a crime scene cleaner in weird situations. If you know "The Cleaner" from the BBC: This is the original show it's based upon. The main character uses a northern german / Hamburg dialect.

https://www.ardmediathek.de/serie/der-tatortreiniger/staffel...

Hubert und Staller - show about incompetent bavarian rural police solving murders, heavy focus on comedy, bavarian dialect. The first few seasons are quite funny, the later ones are meh.

https://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/serie/hubert-und-stalle...

Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter - "Generation War" outside of Germany, mini-series about a group of friends and their roles in WW2.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.9aab6ee1-...

[DataDaoDe]

I liked: Türkisch für Anfänger, Dark, Kleo, ans Stromberg. Unfortunately I’d say IMHO if you’re accustomed to US series you won’t find a lot of German ones that stand up to the production values and acting quality. Dark is a notable exception there I think.

[bloak]

Yes, but "Dark" (Netflix) doesn't have a lot of words spoken per hour, as I recall, so perhaps it's not so good for language learning. There's also "Beat" (Amazon) with a somewhat gruesome main storyline.

If you wanted to get linguistically flummoxed there's "Capitani" on Netflix. (A great story, but it's in Luxembourgish!)

[piceas]

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