Reaction To Celebrities Speaking German

[@bastyaya]

Sandra Bullock's mother is German, and she herself grew up in Nuremberg. So, she is actually a real mother tongue speaker in German.

[@stefanmzenhardt2891]

Really 😮 I am from Nuermberg, Germany, and no one ever told me that Sandra Bullock grew up in our beautiful City

[@Zanji1234]

@@stefanmzenhardt2891 she did :-) i was also kinda suprised since it's not actually THAT much known or she is recognized in the city.

[@Michael-rp4fd]

if she is a native speaker, she has some grammar problems anyways. The pronunciation is pretty good

[@bastyaya]

@@stefanmzenhardt2891 I am from Nuremberg as well (even though living abroad for many years). But yes, I agree, it is not a big thing in Nbg at all. I also just stumbled over it randomly some years ago.

[@Zanji1234]

@@Michael-rp4fd well she grew up here and moved later so of course you forget some grammar if you not constantly using that language :)

[@carolineswelt]

Sandra Bullock surprised me.....she speaks fluently german with a bit Bavarian accent❤

[@addjem]

Hy Caroline. I`d think it`s more frankonian - they don`t like to be called bavarians 😄

[@kelrogers8480]

​@@addjemnever heard of, Frankonian. Bavarian will do just fine, than you!

[@Oceanleighside]

I would think the Franks were more around northern France while Bavarians would be more towards Austria. Separate areas. What does a Bavarian accent sound like compared to a Frankish accent?

[@MelbaToast7117]

Her parents are/were German

[@nikolasffm]

​@@Oceanleighside the german region of franken is in the north of the freestate bavaria in germany. The region of bavaria is mostly everything sourg of nuremberg

[@lunaticeagle3007]

i died at " i never heard of Bud Spencer " that man was such a legend here in germany R.I.P.

[@Hey.Joe.]

Exactly. I feel the same.

[@HalfEye79]

But the voice? I wouldn't recognise that. Well, dubbing.

[@brittakriep2938]

In a smaller german town, Schwäbisch Gmünd, the new public open air bath is named after Bud Spencer for may be ten years. As a young man , under his real name Carlo Pedersoli , he took part in a german/ italian swimming competition as member of italian team in then existing bath of the town.

[@groternehmer8204]

That's because the German translation/interpretation of his movies is exceptionally good. I don't speak Italian but I've seen most of his movies that were filmed in English in the original version as well as the dubbed German version. The German versions are practically completely different movies. I don't like to watch dubbed movies and usually before watching a movie in a dubbed version I rather don't watch it at all. But the German versions of his movies are brilliant. So much better and funnier than at least the English originals. Whenever I watch one of his movies one quote from a completely different movie genre comes to my mind: "You've not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon". Makes perfect sense now: you've not experienced a Bud Spencer movie until you've seen it in the original German version. 😂

[@tobiasmuth2372]

His film partner Terence Hill speaks German. Terence Hill's mother came from Dresden and his grandmother from Bavaria. Until the age of six he only spoke German. Terence Hill has Italian, US and -German- citizenship!

[@duckdivorce]

Donna Summer was living in Munich for a while during her career. Because many of the recordings where done in Munich studios.

[@musashimiyamoto586]

Christopher Lee was a highly intelligent man and a great actor who taught himself several languages. Brilliant!

[@soeinschmarrn]

He even did german synchro...e.g. for the Last unicorn.

[@f.drachenfels4503]

He was amazing

[@-breakofdawn-]

And Ian Kellen once mentioned he was intimidated by Christopher’s ability to speak the Black Speech 😁

[@HustlerHorstRuediger]

​@@soeinschmarrnI didn't knew that - will look into it! Thanks a lot! 🙏

[@m0lDaViA]

​@@soeinschmarrnLabbbbberrrr needd????????? MEINE KINDHEIT!!!!!!! SIE ZERBRICHT!!

[@utemima]

Mark Strong speaks fluently German without any British accent, he speaks and sounds like a native speaker.

[@GarnetTillAlexandros]

He didn't say much, while his accent and intonation are really impressive, even with the few words he spoke, I can already tell that he would be pausing a lot while speaking about more complicated stuff (like with me )

[@digitalearbeit]

He has an accent. Clear to hear. But he has a lot of words, so he can speak german very fast…

[@NichtNameee]

​@@digitalearbeitBecause he's a native speaker. He's mother is Austrian and he lived in Germany

[@NichtNameee]

​@@digitalearbeitEigentlich fast gar nicht

[@butchspex1405]

No, there's no British accent at all. Maybe a slight German dialect.

[@neilarcher6451]

Sandra Bullock and Mark Strong were clearly the best speakers, but that's not surprising since both have a parent from Germany (Edit: Strong's father is of course from Austria and not Germany). You can still hear their dialect relatively clearly, but in one or two sentences they almost sound like native speakers. Considering that he only learned it through singing and acting, Christopher Lee's German was pretty good.

[@Danisachan]

Ooooooh, there is actually a pretty strong theory that Christopher Lee was that good in German, because he was not only an activice soldier but - most specifiically - a German translator, for Britain in WW2. How true that is I don't know. He seems always pretty reluctant to speak in German though. And interestingly (unrelated) enough, he knew exactly that men don't scream when getting stabbed in the back (like in his Saruman role where he argued with Peter Jackson about that scene). That man has clearly seen some things in his life. That much can be said.

[@brittakriep2938]

@@Danisachan : Christopher Lee war meines Wissens bei einer Abteilung des britischen Militärs/ Geheimdienstes tätig, die Kriegsverbrecher aufspüren/ enttarnen sollte, dabei waren Deutschkenntnisse sicher von Vorteil. Beim Ansehen eines deutschen, in Großbritannien spielenden Krimis aus den 60er Jahren, wunderte ich mich über den britischen Akzent eines Schauspielers. Es war Herr Lee, den ich nicht sofort erkannte.

[@juwen7908]

Actually, Marcs mom came from austria and his dad from italy, Wikipedia says 😉

[@tubekulose]

​@@brittakriep2938 In einem Lieblingsfilm aus meiner Kindheit, "Das letzte Einhorn", spricht Lee die Rolle des König Haggard sowohl in der englischen Originalfassung als auch in der deutschen Sychro-Version. Da meine Eltern zurecht der Auffassung waren, ich könnte das Angenehme mit dem Nützlichen (in diesem Fall Fremdsprachen üben) verbinden, hatte ich beide Ausgaben auf VHS. Ich war immer darüber erstaunt wie es den Machern gelungen war, eine dermaßen ähnliche deutsche Stimme für die Figur zu finden bis ich irgendwann drauf kam, dass ich jedes Mal ein und demselben Schauspieler zugehört hatte. 😁

[@smartfox2295]

I have to admit I still need to watch the entire video but Sandra Bullock's German was pretty good and yes I'm a fluent German speaker. edit: I did watch the entire video by now and I would say Sandra Bullock 1st Place, Mark Strong Second even tho he emitted his German might not be so good and third and final place Christopher Lee he also mentioned that his German was not that good but the bits of German he spoke was actually pretty good.

[@blackibex]

Mark Strong's German is actually really perfect and accent free. Very impressive.

[@derkosmischezischer2979]

Yes, you are right. He speaks without any austrian slang. His mother is not from germany, she's from austria and his father is from italy. 😉

[@Dreaded-Flower]

rudi carrell: ich hab gehört du bist wohl einer der größten filmstars der welt!? bud spencer: ja uhm ich bin fast 2 meter hahahahah 2 legenden RIP

[@gwaptiva]

Rudi's accent lives on in me... unfortunately :(

[@JanBinnendijk]

Rudi Carell ist auch kein deutscher, er ist holländer, aber das hört maa kaum..

[@melaniero8757]

Bud Spencer...what a legend! Watched the movies as a child.

[@ginger7793]

😂😂😂 genial

[@husanegamnazarov4443]

You are super smart, you put the DiCaprio at the end which made me watch your video till the very end😂

[@antje761]

Leos mother is german and he regularly visited his granny whilst she was still alive. But his German seems to have lacked a bit. Mark Stron and Sandra Bullock are very good German speakers, very fluent with not to much of an English accent. Sandra in fact has a bit of an "fränkischen" accent when speaking German, which is quite natural since she grew up in or near Nuremberg, where this is the local tongue.

[@jennyh4025]

Leo only had to speak German, when he visited his grandparents in Germany as far as I know. His German used to be good enough to converse with the elder German neighbors, who didn’t speak a word of English.

[@flohandyacc6127]

His mother is german and father half german

[@M.EngelhART]

Leonardo`s Middle Name Is Wilhelm (German For William) After His Grandfather`s Name.

[@_ozelot__ozelot_626]

Mark stronks german are nearly perfect👍

[@kartmannhelmut6323]

Er ist in der Nähe von Recklinghausen aufgewachsen. Er ist dort als 8 jähriger beim Einkaufen gesehen worden. 😂

[@KristianHerdi]

English and German were and still are compulsory in elementary and in middle schools here in Serbia as it was (and probably still is) for all the rest of former Yugoslavia republics, followed by Russian on the distant third place.

[@th60of]

Mark Strong sounds like a native German speaker, and an educated one at that. I've always liked Sandra Bullock, but hearing her speak with that beautiful soft Franconian accent makes my heart melt.

[@heartwork7977]

Christopher Lees German was good enough that he was able to synchronize himself in the German version of The Last Unicorn without much of an accent. The guy was absolutely amazing. Bud Spencer learned German when he was a child because he had a German nanny, but he was not really fluent. Donna Summers German is really really good, you hear she‘s not native, but she‘s a fluent speaker.

[@nikolasffm]

He also studied in munich

[@maxwayne3656]

Wow as a German im impressed from Marc Strong. He speaks better german than some german natives!

[@MellonVegan]

Honestly looks and sounds (from his voice) like someone who'd appear in some German crime drama. And since I didn't know that name fit his face, you could have told me he was some German actor and I would have believed it.

[@p.f.5718]

It seems Strongs good german is not a miracle I think his father is Austrian 😂

[@maxwayne3656]

@@p.f.5718 austrian is not german- total diffrent Dialekt and a lot of diffrent words. Its like i would say British english and US English is the same.. For me (native from south Germany) its sometimes hard to understand what the "Schluchtenscheisser" talking about. If a austrian brother/sister is reading this- i love u all :* And greetz from a Piefke ;)

[@p.f.5718]

Schluchtenscheisser - I didn’t know this 😂 There are dialects like vorarlbergerisch or strong corinthian and so on I don’t also understand or even hardly. But a bavarian brother talks the very same way like me as an Upper Austrian. And vienna is a mix of many dialects with a big influence of czech pronunciation. (because of the history from workers in the former empire building the Ringstraße) I didn’t like piefke till I learned about the historical meaning😊 - and a Bavarian would never be a piefke by the way. Love from Austria🇦🇹 und griasti zruck Boa ❤

[@maxwayne3656]

@@p.f.5718 Im from Baden Württemberg. And we have a lot of diffrent hard dialects on a small Region. Like Schwäbisch, Pfälzisch, Badisch, Fränkisch and so on.. Sometimes its hard for me ordering a breakfast cause we have over a dozen words for bread roll

[@gerharddeusser9103]

Sandra Bullock grew up in germany and didn't leave until after the age of 12. She is a native speaker and only makes the few mistakes that people make when they haven't spoken their mother tongue for years. She said "Sprache" instead of "Rede" and made one der/die/das mistake. Amazingly, her voice sounds even more attractive / sexy in german than in english. She's a peach... ♥️♥️♥️

[@marshsundeen]

She was born in the US, but grew up in Germany until age 12, yes.

[@philsarkol6443]

Ich liebe Sandra Bullock...ihr talent und ihre persönlichkeit, ihr charme...grüsse aus die Niederlande!!

[@datoysn3917]

Mark Strong's German was perfect! If I had only heared his voice, I'd never ever guessed it was him!

[@tilmanmai]

Sandra's accent was close to perfect - she did have a glitch at the end but all in all VERY good. Novak Djorkovic actually said in that interview, that he had lived in Munich for 3 to 4 years while training with Nicki Pilic. Pep Guardiola had a strong accent but A) for a Spaniard it's quite impressive and B) he impressed everybody at his first press conference, where he answered almost all of the questions in German.

[@n2rj]

Her accent was quite strong Bavarian which is no surprise since she spent some time in her childhood in Nuremberg.

[@CaptainFirefred]

Christopher Lee actually sounded eerily german, no hint of an accent when he speaks german, a phonetic powerhouse.

[@GarnetTillAlexandros]

I'm sorry but if you aren't german yourself you cannot tell how good someone's accent is. To my native ears it's still clear that he is no native speaker. Not even close.

[@CaptainFirefred]

@@GarnetTillAlexandros Berlin bred and born, baby

[@zombiekill3r44]

@@GarnetTillAlexandrosI’m a native speaker and I need to say: Er spricht, sehr, sehr gut! Er hat etwas minimal britisches in seiner Sprache, aber mehr die Betonung der Sätze vom Sound, als die der einzelnen Wörter.

[@GarnetTillAlexandros]

@@zombiekill3r44 Of course he sounds very good for someone who just learned it casually and in a non-serious way over the years cause as he said he never intended to fully learn it to a higher level! But saying he sounds eerily german is a stretch. I mean compare it to Mark Strong who is in a league of his own and there's still room to improve.

[@marine69183]

Bud Spencer and Terence Hill were well known actors for ‚italy Western‘ in the 70ths and 80ths. Bud Spencer (Carlo Pedersoli) was also famous swimmer and took place in the Olympic Games in 1952 and 1956 (Helsinki and Melbourne)

[@Anna9473]

Wow, Mark Strong came so unexpected! I agree, he speaks very confident and from this short cutout I’d say he’s on a native level. Also as you said the tone of his voice sounds absolutely German!

[@xYonowaaru]

His mother is Austrian, also he's been in Munich for a year as a law student.

[@kaiso7322]

@@xYonowaaru for a year!? :D the lad sounded like he never left germany since he was born.

[@notsolm]

Djokovic actually mentions that he lived in Germany (Oberschleißheim is a town near Munich) for a few years

[@stef987]

Sandra Bullock and Mark Strong sounded like native speakers with regional accents. Though you could tell that Sandra speaks English on a daily basis, because she struggled with some words and literally translated some English terms into German. Even though Mark said his German was rusty, to me he just sounded totally German. I found Donna Summer's German great, too. She has an American accent and you can tell German is not her native language, but I think she would get along really well in German speaking countries. About "deutsche Familie": she said that she met many, many people (in Germany) who are now her German family. Christopher Lee was great, too. I'm always totally fascinated with (some) British people speaking German, because not only do they suddenly sound totally different, but also just like someone who could be your German neighbour (with an English accent).😅 John Kerry did good, too. The others were ok. Yes, The pope obviously just read from a paper and tried to pronounce everthing correctly.

[@aligator4920]

John Kerry's relatives are from Austria.

[@theresabu3000]

Mark Strong was the best of all these. Fluent, without an accent - really good. Was surprised too 😂😮

[@stef987]

@@LuboRubo oh, I didn't know that (or maybe forgot). That sounds very interesting!

[@paolan.1896]

You may not know that Donna Summer not only worked in Germany but was also married to an Austrian, Helmut Sommer

[@Xantylon74]

Sandra even has a southern german "fränkischen" dialect. Sandra hat sogar einen fränkischen Dialekt. at 0:50 she confuses " das" with "der" her only mistake.

[@chrisribis3157]

Mark Strong is definetely no. 1 for me as a German ! Almost no accent at all, very fluent and convincing intonation. Where did he learn our language so well ? I am impressed ! 👍

[@groberunfug379]

His mother is Austrian and he studied in Munich.

[@sidlerm1]

That would be Sandra Bullock for me. Mark Strong was close second, Sandra's vocabulary was much more elaborate and the flow was better. German used to be my mother tongue, I can still speak and sound like Mark Strong, not Sandra Bullock

[@lillyko5611]

Mark Strong is almost native speaker level. Amazing. Sandra is also very good. Beeing fluent in another language is great, so they all are impressive.

[@vanessa-atalanta]

In my opinion everyone was good. German is a difficult language and it honours us every time when someone tries it… 😊❤

[@n2rj]

Of the languages I’ve learned, I had a very easy time learning German. I don’t know why but it was very easy for me.

[@melodykruck8692]

Normally, if you have a German mum you learn the language. I can speak it, but my dad was Scottish so English is my mother tongue; so to speak. 🙄😙

[@Spacetribe2000]

Gott was ein abspack Kommentar. Lass mich raten Grünwählerin wa? Verreck.

[@TuaTeMauAkauAtea]

German requires discipline and is easy for those who love the culture, for those who are just curious don't learn it, now for those who are motivated, learning German is fun, and it is an allophonic language and can be hard and can be delicate and loving as well. I have listened to many audios in German and the pronunciation was even more charming and delicate than French, I relistened the audios about 5 times to believe and understand that I was listening to German and not French or another language. Thanks @vanessakuenzel for motivating to learn german 💋💋💋💋 you're cute 🥰💋💋🌹

[@vanessa-atalanta]

@@TuaTeMauAkauAtea aww thank 🙏😚💜❤❤❤💋💋💋💋 well, it sounds that you're very interested in learning German 👍😊 may I ask you about the topics they talking about in your audio? Do you understand it well or are there still some difficult words? How does your interest in German comes from?

[@maja-kehn9130]

Mark Strongs German is PERFECT! Even his pronunciation.

[@Vaati1992]

Sandra Bullock and Mark Strong could pass as native speakers, but given that both have parents who are native speakers, that's not too surprising, but it's very cool to see that both have kept up their proficiency with the language well enough even well into adulthood in English-speaking countries. I had seen versions of this video before, but not this specific one. Also Christopher Lee, being put on the spot at the red carpet there, probably also didn't want to mention that he learned some German during the War, but I also highly recommend the German dub of The Last Unicorn, where Lee also voiced King Haggard like he did in the English original. His voice always had so much gravitas.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Mark Strong's German is as native as it gets. Absolutely accent-free.

[@neocmc242]

You gotta love Bud Spencers reaction to when he is told, he is one of the biggest film stars in the world. He replied "Yes, exactly. I'm nearly 2 meters high."

[@michaelgiertz-rath7994]

I think he absolutely did it on purpose 🙂

[@Cowboy-in-a-Pink-Stetson]

Christopher Lee (RIP) was a member of the British Intelligence Services during WW II. Although he says he never studied German I'm sure he knew how to use it. 🤭

[@Cassye88]

Christopher Lee sounds great, he mentions that he doesn't speak German. As a German, I am very surprised, he speaks almost without an accent.

[@m.h.4907]

I'm german but I can't hold it back. Need a little bit dark humour but it didn't surprise me at all that the argentinian pope spoke german

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

Yeah there was this undersea tunnel from Germany to Argentine but throughout my entire life I just met 1 Argentinian in Germany 😂

[@prashobhsnair]

@@tyronevaldez-kruger5313 Did you miss the dark humor completely..

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

@@prashobhsnair You ask if I miss the point? Or is it a statement? I can't tell what you mean to give an answer.

[@luisebritta6139]

Christopher Lee was so funny "I don't speak German" --> proceeds to speak perfect German.

[@MausTheGerman]

Sandra Bullock = sounds native, little southern German Christopher Lee = British accent Donna Summer = American accent Bud Spencer = Italian accent Jorge Bergolio = some undefined mediterranen romanic accent John Kerry = said to less to identify details on accent Chris Pratt = sounds like Elon Musk speaking German Novak Djokovic = Slavic accent Pep Guardiola = sounds like Arabian accent, although he is Spanish Mark Strong = sounds nearly native German, but little undefined accent Leonardo Di Caprio = strong American accent

[@Akatsutsumi]

Was für eine krasse Stimme hat denn bitte Mark Strong…

[@83Imogen]

U are right! Sandra is native, german is her mother tongue 😊

[@disloharter8983]

Sandras Mutter ist aus Franken und sie selbst hat auch in Franken gelebt

[@Susarou]

But I was really impressed how good Christopher Lee's german sounded.

[@ryofang]

Guardiola: romance language speaker normally sound like that when speaking other languages

[@TomRuthemann]

Mark Strong was perfect.

[@Tessa-st9zx]

Sandra Bullock has a German mother. And yes, Sandra speaks German really well.

[@Zanji1234]

;) she speaks franconian accent to be exact.

[@clevelandaeromotive]

The fact that Leo DiCaprio pronounced "Spätzle" perfectly is already an indicator that to a certain extent he grew up around the German language.

[@the_tabulator]

Leo's grandma was German.

[@destinywhite2063]

@@the_tabulatorSo was Leo’s mother, Irmelin. Irmelin was full blooded German as well, born and raised. She came over after WW2. So Leo got German training full time at home growing up. His mother taught him both, English and German. But that’s also probably why Leo is so hesitant to speak it in public. He has to be persuaded to speak German in interviews. It’s like he doesn’t want anyone to know he’s bilingual.

[@hans471]

Buds Spencer a hero from the spaghetti western era: "god forgives I don't" is a great movie! Buds Spencer and Terence Hill are legends in Germany in particular. I recently visited his grave in the cimetero IL verano in Rome... 🌹

[@claudiodeugenio]

"Spätzle mit Wienerschnitzel." Wow. Hmmm, muss ich auch mal probieren!

[@Zanji1234]

Sandra Bullock is speaking with a Middle franconian Accent :) and we use to roll the R very much which she does also. Sir Christopher Lee actually did voice King Lear in "The last unicorn" in German too (also a thing i didn't know until i heard him speak/Sing German for "Wizards Dream" single from Rhapsody of fire which exists in several languages)

[@HalfEye79]

That really is an achievement, to dub oneself.

[@Zanji1234]

@@HalfEye79 as a kid i heard that his way of speaking was kinda off but (the way he pronounced some words and put emphasis on letters which we usually dont do or i at least my family when speaking) ... the character was weird so it was fitting. I just found a VERY old video from the ARD (German television) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmbNqIljjN53htE

[@Anson_AKB]

@@HalfEye79 the Edgar Wallace crime story "Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen" / "The Devil's Daffodil" was filmed in two different language versions, partially with different actors, partially dubbed, partially filmed twice. Christopher Lee voiced himself in both versions.

[@Anson_AKB]

@zanji1234 : yes, but "king haggard" (from last unicorn) instead of "king lear" (by shakespeare)

[@Zanji1234]

@@Anson_AKB aaah xD thanks for correction

[@Luna1967100]

Sandra Bullock speaks the best German, almost without an accent. If she does, she has a Franconian accent, which is no wonder, because she lived in Nuremberg for 12 years.

[@ianetams2814]

Mark Strongs German is the most perfect - he has to have someone to practice. No doubt. Like him even more...

[@darthzayexeet3653]

Mark Strong basically said in German: “I can say what I want, because most of the people won’t be able to understand what I’m saying anyway” 😂

[@Hey.Joe.]

Geesh, Bud Spencer is still my childhood fun hero, now I'm hungry for chili con carne fresh from pan. Sandra's german speak is not a surprise, because her mother was a German opera singer and Donna Summer started her career in Germany.

[@groternehmer8204]

I think most of the times it was baked beens. 😋 And, yes, that's the reason I always have a can of baked beens in my pantry. You never know when you're in the mood for a decades old Bud Spencer movie. As soon as there's a pan of baked beens on the screen, I'm off to the kitchen. Because that's the decent way to watch a Bud Spencer movie. 😂 I think I'm in the mood for Banana Joe right now... 🤣

[@remokelm1838]

As a german I would say that Mark Strong takes the cake here because not only does he speak this foreign language pretty fast but also for the specific reason that he speaks it with almost no accent. He put in some kind of humour as well which requires an advanced knowledge of a language in general. Sandra Bullocks speech was also pretty good but like you already pointed out she might have practiced her speech before so its kinda prepared sentences.

[@oliviaborgersen2291]

Sandra Bullock is half German

[@norwegianwood7564]

Bruce Willis can also speak German- he was born in Germany. Leos Grandma lived in Oer-Erkenschwick and he spent every summer with her. I think he would be fluently again, when he spends a time in Germany. Sandra Bullock is A+ with Sternchen--.she is really really good in speaking and understanding German. So funny to hear her talking German but not in her dubbing German voice.

[@MsMiklosa]

Unfortunately some parents do not speak in their mother tongue with their kids, so that might be the reason why Leonardo’s German is rather poor.

[@oemmes]

"A+ with Sternchen" ist mal feinstes Denglisch :D no front, finds nur lustig! :-) und P.S.: ich komme aus Erkenschwick (lebe aber nicht mehr da) und kannte die Oma, weil die auf der gleichen Straße wie ich gewohnt hat :D

[@lavinder11]

​@@MsMiklosaHe spoke German with his granny and she died a long time ago.

[@donalobrien9422]

Sadly Bruce Willis can’t even speak English anymore.

[@JennyFuruseth]

He was born and lived on an army base. I did too. It’s like living in an American city. We don’t usually become German speakers, even if we can usually understand it very well.

[@wolle8182]

I loved Bud Spencer. "you're one of the biggest filmstars today." "yeah, i'm almost 2 metre." i wheezed at that one haha

[@marcuszaja6589]

Christopher Lee was moderate about his German speaking skills - and he spoke a lot of languages. He was with the SAS in special operations in WWII in Germany. Though he never studied German in school or at university, he probably needed to speak German back then to accomplish his missions. In the bonus material of Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers he told Peter Jackson what sound a person makes that is stabbed in the back ... I never knew Mark Strong grew up in Germany. His German amazed me. He's speaking fluently and his accent is even better than Sandra Bullock's.

[@melaniewegerer4769]

According to the german wikipedia Mark Strong didn't grow up in Germany, he grew up in England. He only spent a year in Germany when he studied law at a university in Munich. But I read in another comment that his father (Italian) left the family and he grew up with his mother (Austrian), so he probably only spoke German at home.

[@gaelle4328]

Most likely Christopher Lee has bad memories.

[@AllenbysEyes]

Donna Summer’s first husband was Austrian and she lived in Munich and Vienna for several years. Definitely not a native speaker but she has a strong command of the language for sure

[@michaelhahn6955]

DiCaprio's mother is German, his father (US-American) has Italo-German ancestors. (Wiki) Donna Summer began her career in Germany and lived there and in Austria from 1968 to 1976. (Wiki) Pope Francis received a doctorate 1986 in Frankfurt, Germany, he visited a German course there. (Wiki) Mark Strong has a Austrian mother, speaks German fluently and studied law in Munich for one year. (Wiki) There's another video on YT, where Kirsten Dunst, Peter Ustinov, Henry Kissinger and Terence Hill spoke German.

[@arthur_p_dent]

Henry Kissinger and Terence Hill are both native speakers of German (Terence Hill even has the German citizenship, though only since 2022), Kirsten Dunst has a German father. And Sir Peter Ustinov was just very talented at langauges, I guess. He would also usually speak his own role in the German and French versions of his movies.

[@anunearthlychild8569]

Sir Peter was incredibly intelligent and spoke at least eight languages fluently. Four, however, already due to his origins. His grandfather was a German of Russian descent, his grandmother had German and Senegalese roots (which was a French colony at the time). He was born in England, but at that time his father was a German diplomat. Only when his father refused to produce an Aryan certificate in 1935 (which would have revealed that his mother was not only half Senegalese, but also half Jewish) was he dismissed from the civil service and emigrated with his family to England. As a result, Sir Peter learned German, French and Russian from his father in his youth, in addition to English.

[@karl-heinzepchen1280]

Sir Peter Ustinov did many interviews in German, almost fluently with a pretty small accent. In one of those interviews he told, that he had a german nanny. So if he told the truth there, this certainly would have helped him to get an easier access to the German language.@@arthur_p_dent

[@andrewmcgee1001]

I love your Scottish accent. I just discovered your channel and I too like to listen to people speaking different languages than what I'm accustomed to hearing them speak. I already knew that Sandra Bullock was fluent in German, but Christopher Lee and Donna Summer really surprised me.

[@juwen7908]

Marc Strong has an austrian mom and he also studied some month in munich. He speaks fluent like a native speaker, probably thanks to his mom 😉

[@geriskater2657]

Easter egg: next to big and great bud spencer was rudi Carell, a great showmaster from the netherlands 🇳🇱

[@SimpleMe-Tanja-Photographer]

Sandra Bullock is born in Germany and lived in Germany her first years, Christopher Lee made movies in German and been singing in German ,Donna Summer lived in Munich , Bud Spencer studied german for 4 years , The Pope is basicly reading German- thats all , Chris Pratt learned it at school ,Novac learned it at school for four years , Pep lived in Germany , Leonardo di Caprios Grandmother lived in Germany ( Oer Erkenschwick ) , Mark Strong studied Jura in Munich after he finished school .

[@ctcladdagh2000]

And Christopher Pratt's father-in-law is Austrian, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[@joerggrohne64]

@@ctcladdagh2000 Yes, but interviews with Schwarzenegger in english are easier to understand than those in german :)

[@vic9543]

Novac said he learnt German at school and lived in Germany for three or four years.

[@rosevillewoman2055]

Sandra Bullock was born in Virginia. Her mother was from Germany and she lived in Germany as a child because her mother was a German opera singer.

[@Tulpenfisch]

Leo: "My grandma is from a small town two hours away from Düsseldorf." The whole Ruhrgebiet, Cologne, Bonn and other major cities are in that range!!! :)

[@JohnHazelwood58]

As already someone mentionend: Sandra Bullocks mother is german and Sandra herself lived in Germany until she was 12 and moved to the US. Almost the same with Leonardo Dicaprio - his mother is german, too. If I remeber it right, his father is an american, but his roots are german and italien. That's probably why Leo is so cute! XD ^^+gg Btw: Beside Bud Spencer speaking german ... his mate, Terence Hill, has a german passport as his mother was german. Until the age of six, Terence only knew and spoke german ... he grew up with german(s)!

[@erichamilton3373]

How could he get a German passport? You're only German through the father. I have a German mother, and was informed of this by German authorities.

[@a.s.944]

Man this is normal , this world so many smart and genious people 😂😉

[@hessin3027]

Leonardo di Caprio has a German mother. His grandmother lived in Germany. Terrence Hill also had a German mother. He also speaks German. As a child he lived near Dresden for a few years and saw the bombing of Dresden at the time.

[@paulstrahnickiy1724]

Mate, I’m for the first time on your channel, and watching you just 2 minutes can say- your english accent is absolutely wunderbar

[@tomfrank9447]

To answer your questions: Sandra Bullock speaks excellent German with almost no accent... I was surprised myself. Christopher Lee can do it quite well too, but a lot worse than Sandra. Donna Summer, well, it's okay to be able to understand her. Bud Spencer even beats Rudi Carell (a Dutchman) with his pronunciation. I doubt that the Pope understood what he was saying. John Kerry speaks with a thick accent, but he seems to know the language, as does Chris Pratt. Nowak Djokovic can be rated as "it's okay".Guardiola has a strong accent and made some statements that weren't entirely flawless and have therefore gone down in history. Mark Strong plays in the same league as Sandra Bullock, speaks excellent German, Leonardo Di Caprio has an accent, but also speaks German quite well... but has bad taste, because he says something about Wiener Schnitzel with Spätzle (which fits not together, dust your ears off). By the way, you can't deny your Scottish accent... but I like it! :-) By the way... I'm not German!

[@simonsays2774]

Once a big compliment to you. You are very pleasant. Many Americans who also react to German videos and deal with it are completely exaggerated, mendacious, do not really mean it honestly, do not really want to know anything about the country but just want clicks. With you, you realize that you really care, and that you are very respectful. I find it exciting that you can understand the key statements of the people without subtitles, although many speak very broken and poor German.😄👍

[@stef987]

I think he also seems more intelligent and much less ignorant than some other "reactors". And yeah, it's less of a "show".

[@simonsays2774]

@@stef987 True

[@ExtremeTeddy]

As he is scottish, he is well above the stereotypical US citzen. I really like the scottish landscape :) However I will stick with our north german weather :D

[@sabineworner5202]

I can agree with all of you. 👍

[@lindaross783]

Man Americans have long memories. I'm an old lady and find German makes me bervous. I hope the younger ones can change the world.

[@belindarichter695]

Mark, Sandra und Novak sprechen sehr gut deutsch!

[@M-ly9pf]

Sandra Bullock's German is nearly perfect 😊

[@NKA23]

Sandra Bullock spend the first 12 years living in Germany with a German mother, so she's basically a native speaker. Her German is VERY good and has that distinctive "fränkisch" accent. Judging from the footage Mark Strong is probably a fluent speaker of German language, as he has only a slight accent, that I might even have missed if I didn't knew who he was. These two are probably the ones who are the most confident and capable speakers of German language amongst the shown celebrities in this video.

[@goatbrother8718]

Sandra Bullock gave me one of the biggest mindfucks ever. Being used to watch her on tv with her German dubbing voice, but then see this clip for the first time years ago hearing her speak almost perfect (she only used a wrong pronoun once) German even with Bavarian or Munich dialect, that was a thing my brain didn’t compute

[@Folgemilch21]

she speaks fränkisch, since she grew up around Nürnberg. Nothing “munich”-like about that

[@goatbrother8718]

@@Folgemilch21 sorry my bad. Apologies for that

[@juang.garzonaya6591]

It was a very nice video. I was also shocked the first time I heard Sandra Bullock speaking german, evidently she was raised or lived there for a long time. Personally I've been learning german for a lot of years and I can say now that it's a beautiful but difficult language. Something that I can't accept, is when people tell that they speak german when they reply to you with a "Danke". Basic phrases won't make you a speaker. I enjoyed your video Mert, ich hatte Spass, viele grusse aus Kolumbien

[@nmmknh8997]

Leonardo actually grew up visiting his german grandmother in a small city here. And Sandra Bullock grew up in germany. In her movie Oceans 8 she actually has a very short german line with Heidi Klum, the german supermodel that makes a cameo appearance.

[@mengesmenges]

Someone was missing Bruce Willis also speaks German and was born in Germany.

[@claudiakarl2702]

Sandra Bullocks German is very good. Christopher Lee was really okay. Donna Summer has a good vocabulary, but has problems with the grammar. Bud Specer had enough German to get by. The Pope has studied for some time in Germany, his pronunciation is horrible. Chris Pratt was okay too. Djokovic didn’t have a good teacher it seems, at least not for pronunciation. Pep Guardiola should definitely had taken a language course before going to Bavara. Mark Strong was really good. But his mother is Austrian, so I guess he was brought up bilingual. Leo seems to understand more than he can speak. Mark Strong and Sandra Bullock were the best

[@Hey.Joe.]

I agree with this summary.

[@CabinFever52]

LOLOL "Djokovic didn’t have a good teacher" ---too funny.

[@joerggrohne64]

@@CabinFever52 Boris Becker.. have you ever heard BB speaking german? :P

[@claudiakarl2702]

@@joerggrohne64 Well, he‘s not the brightest guy. And the area he’s from has a strong dialect.

[@enginestarter664]

Mark Strong totally sounds like a native speaker, Sandra Bullock is of German descent and surprisingly still has a Bavarian accent. Leo has a German grandmother, but doesn't really speak German and Christopher Lee was known to be multilingual. Who's missing here is Kim Cattrall who got famous for her potrayal of Samantha in "Sex and the City". She's almost fluent as she used to live in Frankfurt with her partner for quite a while. I didn't know about Donna Summer being able to speak German and I'm blown away by Mark Strong not having any noticable accent. Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister from Game of Thrones) are also fluent in German, but that's nothing special as they are Danish. Another candidate is Michael Fassbender, who understands German, but isn't fluent. Bruce Willis was born in Germany and has family in Rheinland-Pfalz, but it's doubtable, that he ever knew more than a few German words. Seth Meyers, Terence Hill and Sir Peter Ustinov speak or spoke German too. Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) was Dutch and didn't have any trouble handling the German language as well. Tina Turner spoke German too, as she had to learn the language in order to aquire the Swiss citizenship. She lived in Switzerland for 30 years.

[@thomasbrutting8046]

Sandra Bullock is a native speaker, she grew up in Northern Bavaria. She hardly has any accent, over the years some little grammar errors have slipped in. Mar Strong also spoke with absolutely no accent, completely fluent. Leo's German comes from his ancestry - his grandma is from the Rhineland area in Western Germany

[@DiggerWhoops]

Really enjoyed this video. I'm a beginning German Learner and sites like yours are a great resource.

[@DrJuanMontoya]

For a Scottsman you’re pretty easy understandable. But then again, the scottish accent always sounds warm and pleasant. Bud Spencer was an Olympic swimmer, which is much more impressive than his German (though it is always likable when some foreigner speaks the language of the country he is currently in, or at least tries it). Sandra Bullock grew up in Germany as far as I know, at least in parts.

[@KarinaArklie]

As I can speak German, I think that Sandra was very very good. 👍. I was very impressed, and she spoke it very nicely too. 💯

[@SouthernBelle888]

Leos mom is german,and he was spending every summer in Germany with his grandma in Düsseldorf

[@jennyh4025]

His grandparents did not live in Düsseldorf. They lived (from the early 1980‘s until their respective deaths) in a small town called Oer-Erkenschwick (about 45 minutes to an hour from Düsseldorf).

[@IrishScouseViking]

Donna Summer was Married to Austria Actor for 40 years

[@larstragl146]

Giovanni Trappatoni is defintely missing here. I've heard he got famous in Ireland as well for his foreign language skills

[@christophl.schmidt3140]

Sandra Bullock`s family is from Germany - so she learned the language in childhood. Christopher Lee was singing and acting sometimes in german - so he learned the language quite a bit. Also the singer Milva from Italy learned german by singing in the language without really knowing what she was singing (just the "sound"). Donna Summer lived in Germany for many years because she had big success in Germany - much more than in her home country that time. So she learned the language quite a lot. She has no family in Germany - she said it was "like a family" living in Germany. Bud Spencer studied a little bit german as an Italian. And how great (for me) watching him with the dutch showmaster (whom I loved as a child) Rudi Carell! Leonardo di Caprio has also german roots with his family as far as I know. Also I know that Bruce Willis has german roots with his family. I like this video of yours - as a German! Thanks for it!

[@ilanarhian]

I guess you didn’t include him but Peter Ustinov spoke very good German. My husband is German, he met Ustinov once and said his German was perfect. He spoke at least French and Russian too.

[@f.drachenfels4503]

Another outstanding artist

[@neenoftheendless]

German here. 😛 I was blown away by Mark Strong! Such a fantastic actor and I never knew he spoke German. And he did so fluently and almost without an accent. Very impressive!

[@KaEl-Alpha]

Sandra Bullock has some flaws in her language - she's just Not used to. The next one has a lot of words missing. The same counts for Donna Summer a Lot of important filling words missing. Germans will recognise immediately. Bud Spencer hat viel vergessen 😂 Indeed very funny. Argentinien Pope: Its broken, but germans understand it's meaning John Kerry: Sehr gut :) Missed no words!!! The next one has a good understanding but he speaks a little bit 'accendic' 😂 Novak spricht gut deutsch, He Misses some filling words too. Just missed practicing. Pep Guardiola - Broken German, uncomftable for German. The next one speaks perfectly!!! Great pronouncination - By far the best in your video!!! Leonardo: Some flaws, Broken German, Strong english accent 😄 Yours Kai from Germany, (Native Speaker) 😂🎉

[@kwulfe]

Mark Strong's german language skills are tremendous!!! He sounds native german except the moment, where he starts to say "Auf der Schule wächst man auf...". It should be instead "In der Schule.." 😉 But all in all impressive

[@blackangel9594]

Sandra Bullock's mom is German ,Leos grandmum is German , Donna Sommer was long time in München...

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

Donna Summer was recording with - I think - Giorgio Moroder in Munich.

[@tobiasmuth2372]

Donna Summer worked from 1968 to 1974 - that was before Giorgio Moroder, in other various German productions - she was a member of Muscial Hair in Germany. There she had already sung music titles in German in 1968 as a 19-year-old. From 1968 to 1974 she continued to learn German. Marry an Austrian - Fun Fact... His name was Sommer and that's how Donna Gaines got her name Sommer - Donna Summer. Work with Moroder only started in 1973!

[@chisle25]

Christopher Lee, John Kerry and Djokovic also speak french. Bullock and Summer lived in Germany for years. Strong dubbed D. Craig in german for a movie. And DiCaprio's mother is german.

[@Aristoteles-Erbe]

😍 oh my gosh! I am German and I almost fell in love hearing Sandra speaking my language. It was almost perfect, sooo nice and cute, wow! I loved it. Yes, and Leo.. well I don't fall in love jejeje but I have heard that he have German roots also.

[@gerdagayhart866]

From one nuernberg to another nuernberger ya. Sondra Bullock and I can speak well together , freilich!! ( natuerlich naturally!)

[@TristanZemagisch]

If you dont know Bud Spencer, you missed some of the greatest part of german comedy. he might be italian movie artist but in the german synchronisation (dub) his movies got a legendary status that is kinda unreached even until today, while most of his movies are from the 70s and 80 in co-work with Terrence Hill.

[@-breakofdawn-]

Leonardo’s German used to be quite good as a kid, and he visited his grandmother often. I remember him taking part in a breakdance contest one summer back in the 80’s while there which he won. His grandmother died in 2008 and that’s the last time he visited the village she lived him. I guess speaking German only when visiting his grandmother, and the fact that his mother didn’t bother to raise him bilingually are the reasons why Leonardo’s German isn’t as good as for example Sandra’s. Another actress who speaks excellent German is Rebecca de Mornay, btw.

[@andresperez3594]

Mark Strong is very good… er spricht sehr gutes Deutsch.

[@MsMiklosa]

Sandra is obviously a native speaker - for extended vocabulary one simply has to live in a country (Germany) but her accent is clearly Deutsch!

[@jantermath3191]

Christopher Lee impressed me the most. He never studied/learned to speak German, as he said. But what he said was perfect and almost without any accent!

[@igel82767]

Mark Strong's German was the absolute best! Very fluent with lots of difficult vocabulary. Sandra Bullock's was a close second. I think if she hadn't been in that situation of accepting an award, in all that stress, she would have probably spoken even better. But Mark really blew me away!

[@CryptoKaiser]

Sandra and Mark for sure. To us they sound like native speakers who may have lived abroad for a few years, so the vocal color is a few percent off here and there, but the order of words in sentences is correct, the melody of their speech is spot on.

[@valentinkogler3942]

Not knowing Bud Spencer in europe is about the same as not knowing John Wayne in america.

[@mariondiemert430]

As a born German and all Germans around the world, we know how difficult our mother language is to learn and are so very very happy when foreigners speak our language. It does not matter how little they speak, but just the effort makes us take it all in stride with a pinch of pride. Sandra Bullock and Leonardo de Caprio have German roots. Thank you so much for this video.

[@matthiasflierl9995]

Bud Spencer is most legendary for his film roles. He mostly played the grumpy, reasonable, kind-hearted teddy bear kind of characters. Although he did a lot of Western movies I have barely seen him shooting a gun. He always meleed the bad guys with slaps to the face. Legendary like an Italian Chuck Norris.

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

despite Lee saying he nver actually studied german his german is the best in the entire list

[@Mondhase2000]

I am impressed by the tennis player. Learning German in just 3-4 years in school and sound this good. He must be either a very good student or his school was damn good in teaching or both cause I see it every day here in Germany how hard our language is to learn for everyone. Even Germans sometimes ruin our language 😂😂and Mark Strong was impressively good. He spoke so easy and comfy, really surprised me 😍

[@Non_Chichi]

Der Tennisspieler erzählt, dass er drei oder vier Jahre in der Oberschweiz gelebt hat, und man hört auch deutlich das Schwyzerdütsch.

[@friedhelmdoell9427]

Nein, in Oberschleissheim (bei München).

[@Non_Chichi]

@@friedhelmdoell9427 Tatsache! 😂 Ich habe es jetzt gegoogelt, seine Mutter ist Österreicherin. Wahrscheinlich war das der Dialekt, den ich gehört habe, und mein Hirn hat wegen des Verhörers Schwyzerdütsch daraus gemacht...🥴🙈😂 Danke für die Aufklärung. 👍🏻

[@Widur42]

Christopher Lee was actually a Spy before becoming an actor. He was also the inspiration for James Bond, since Ian Fleming was inspired by Christopher Lee when creating that character.

[@RaoulKunz1]

We should also mention that Sir Christopher Lee *probably* leaned some German... ahem.. during the War but what's really cool here is that as far as I remember he spoke *every* synchronization of his *Last Unicorn* role (that being the tragic "villain" King Haggard), certainly the English and the German which makes it extremely intriguing listening to it - simply because Sir Christopher sounded awesome in every language! "[...]Mir, sie gehören *mir allein!* " 😉 Best regards Raoul G. Kunz

[@AqualungsBreath]

In the last unicorn he is so impressive that one forgets that its an animated movie.