@@sarahkohl6192 After all, it's none of my business, it's a personal matter for NALF. My point is that Speedy and Cody can adjust to the fact that their foundling might need more space.... 🤭😄
there's also a famous Saudi-Arabian that only Germans know about: Hadschi Halef Omar ben Hadschi Abul Abbas ibn Hadschi Davoud Algossara. Should you ever go down the rabbit hole of reading Karl May's books then "Durch die Wüste", which is also the first of the published books, is where you need to start.
Greatest Storyline ever. But you have to start with „Winnetou I“, because it‘s basically the origin story of „our“ first-person-storytelling hero. In the so called Orient-cyclus he is already a full formed 19th century Superhero. Btw there is a great book by Katharina Maier „Moderne Helden“ (Modern Heros) about similaritys between May‘s Heroes and DC/Marvel, Tolkien, Sherlock Holmes and Star Trek. Fun fact: May was the first 😉
Oh mann, ich kann das immer noch aus dem Gedächtnis aufsagen. Wofür das Hirn so alles Platz reserviert… m) (Oh damn, I can still recite that name by heart. Crazy what stuff our brains reserve space for…)
Pierre Brice was a kind of a "Bad Ass" like Americans would say. French Commando Marine served in the Indochina War. Later Paratrooper in the Algerian War. He did see some shit i guess.
Hasselhoff is basically this but in reverse. Americans think Germans are crazy about him while most Germans just vaguely know the name and maybe one or two of his roles.
The actors on the set all spoke their own language Nick. Pierre Brice (Winnetou) spoke french, and Lex Barker spoke english. They were later dubbed German in the studio. Lex Barker had a pretty cool role in Fellini's "La Dolce Vita". In the early 60's, Rome and the Italian film industry (often with German co-financing) was Europe's Hollywood, with lot's of American actors shooting in Europe, and hanging out in the bars and clubs of Italy, Spain and France. That presence of American stars in Rome at that time is well portrayed in "La Dolce Vita". If the Karl May "euro Western" blows your mind you should check out the great Sergio Leone westerns, which were all shot in Spain. But I guess as a movie buff you have already seen them?
"I'll forgive him (Karl May). Creative people are a bit crazy"... NALF talking to ducks in the park about fictional Native American characters in German popular culture.
I am an American living in Germany and only learned about the German fascination with the series once I got there. Fun fact: The guy who played Old Shatterhand was actually an American actor (Lex Barker) that most Americans would recognize maybe from playing Tarzan in 5 films.
And Winnetou himself was played by Pierre Brice, a French actor who was dubbed because he spoke no (or at least not enough) German. I´ve never seen him live in Bad Seegeberg, so I don´t know if he was dubbed there too or if his German became much better by then.
Another fun fact: in some Winnetou movies a young italian actor named Mario Girotti was supporting actor. He later became famous with his Alias name Terence Hill
I had never heard of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand until I moved to, and lived in, Germany in the 1990s. My German friends could not believe that this American had no clue who Winnetou and Old Shatterhand were. My German wife, at the time, could only grin. She is familiar enough with Americans and the history of the Winnetou and Old Shatterhand stories to know why we Amis have never heard of these two characters. Then there were the Terence Hill (Mario Girotti) and Bud Spencer (Carlo Pedersoli) films. Most Germans know these two by their English stage names. My German friends figured I would have heard about them too. Since these two actors are Italians, they would not be on the radar for most Ami movie-goers. Nick, welcome to the "elite group" of Amis familiar with European "Spaghetti Western" actors (other than Clint Eastwood in his early Western films).
@@BatchelderPatrick I think its putting a literal pickle on your christmas tree. As the states are as large as they are it's possible you've never heart of it.
@@BatchelderPatrick I also had not heard of the Christmas pickle in the USA until I heard about it and read comments about it on several different YT channels.🤷♀️ It's not a "thing" or tradition in any of the USA cities I've lived in.
Not only Germans, Dutch people also know Winnetou. I read the books and watched the films when I was a kid. I wouldn't be surprised if this was popular in more European countries.
You are right. It’s like that over here in Slovakia and I’m pretty sure the same goes for Czechia. It’s a classic and still airs from time to time together with Italian Spaghetti Westerns. We used to make bows as kids and play together pretending to be Winnetou. Or slap each other as Bambino from “They call me Trinity”. Good memories.
There is a great deal of cultural lore for children & youth that is known all across Europe but not in the US: Winnetou, Bud Spencer & Terrence Hill, Lucky Luke, Asterix, Louis de Funès, La Linea, Nils Holgersson, Sandokan, and so on. It's funny that some of the most well-known ones are fake Americans. There is a similar situation in Japan, BTW. There is a fascination with European culture there that is unknown to most Europeans. This extends to food, movie influences and classical movies, but is also apparent in anime & manga. For example, both the Fullmetal Alchemist and Attack on Titan franchises are et in steampunk parallels to WWI-time Europe, and many of top anime director Hayao Miyazaki's works are set in fictional worlds inspired by specific regions of Europe.
Both are well known Italians. The city council of Schwäbisch Hall searched for a new name for a Autobahn-tunnel and people voted for "Bud-Spencer-tunnel". Instead they name the local swimming bath after him, because he was an Olympian swimmer. Bud Spencer even took personally part in the dedication and made a speach.
@@ravanpee1325 In Winnetou II he was Lt. Robert Merril and he married Ribanna in order to keep the peace between indians and white people. But Ribanna was the big love of Winnetou... I think he also played in some other Karl May movies like Old Surehand or der Ölprinz
Winnetou , of course ! All teenage girls were in love with the actor when the movies were released back then. Fun fact : There is a yearly summer open air festival in Bad Segeberg ( a place near Lübeck) called 'Karl May Festspiele' where the Winnetou adventures are staged. As soon as covid is gone they will be opened again.
Been in Elspe once as a teenager and holy crap, I loved it ("Schatz im Silbersee" was being performed i think, or "Der Ölprinz"), which was about 35+ years ago
It's a bit like "Dinner for One" when ever I have been in Germany during Christmas every body talks about it and expect that because we are from the UK we would know all about it, but we have never heard of it.
A late friend of ours knew Freddy Frinton. He saw him on stages on Kentish seaside resorts and Blackpool back in the 1940s and 50s. But even he did not know that sketch. German entertainer Frankenfeld and stage director Dunghase saw Frinton and May in that sketch on a variety stage in Blackpool and hired them.
It is the Kelly family for us Irish. I had never heard of them until I came to Germany but when I said I was Irish they would all say oh so you know the Kelly family 🤷♂️🤷♀️🤷♂️.
The Kelly are so popular in Germany because "Bravo" a youth magazine started to promote them in the early 1990s. Before that they had events on markets squares in tourists areas. Yes there have been some TV adds in the 1980s, but just as much as for any "mid level"- pop singer or if a Russian choirs was on tour. Nothing pressing.
Ah, good old german childhood memories. Winnetou (Pierre Briece actualy a FRENCH Actor) and Old Shatterhand (Lex Barker AMERCAN Actor) where sooo good in these particular movies. I mean both very handsome and noble. Barker died Age 54 on a heardattack in 1973 and Briece 2015 simply of old age/pneumonia. Today they seem so outdated, for us as children, they where the world.
I was definately the last person watching Winnetou live, with costume and riding a horse. It was 30 years ago in the backstage area in Bad Segeberg. For many years he has been acting there. It was his last show, his last curtain and when he finally got off his horse I was the only one watching this.
@@swanpride , Winnetou was obligatory book to read over the summer break before 3rd or 4 class at the school back in my days. Winnetou is also a nickname some Bulgarian use to make fun of our previous prime minister Boyko Borisov. Some years ago he tried to give himself the impression of being a simple man of the people and said he has read three books in his life, the last being Winnetou. So when his political opponents want to make him look like a fool, they say something along the lines of "It [statesmanship] is not quite as simple as reading Winnetou now, is it?!"
Around 15 or 20 years back the tourism office of Arizona had on their homepage a full explanation, why the German Lufthansa was the only international airline, which have flown non stop from Europe to Phoenix, to bring all the German tourists searching for the roots of Winnetou to Arizona. And I read somewhere, that the Apache reserve adjusted to those German tourists ;-) In the last years a few people Americans and Native Americans tried to crowd fund a movie project to make an authentic movie of the novel Winnetou I, but the didn't reached the goal to start filming. There are only two Winnetou movies which are not totaly garbage regarding the novels: Winnetou I and Schatz im Silbersee. All the others not really adapted the novels, only a few names and the event of Winnetous death in Winnetou III. Producer Wendtlandt did get death threads for klinng Winnetou despite the fact, that the charakter also died in the novels... Pierre Brice as a French actor playing beloved Winnetou did a lot for the German-French friendship after WWII. For him it was a blessing and a curse to play Winnetou, because the audience didn't wanted him to see in any other role. But he was one of the most beloved actors of all time in Germany.
Everyone who has seen these films has probably heard the following words several times as a child outgrowing their rug-rat status (even those who grew up bilingually): "Ein Indianer kennt keinen Schmerz" (literally: "An Indian knows no pain"). In English, however, the saying is "pain is weakness leaving the body" - means one has to shout it out. That explains a lot. As a Man-Child, pain must be proclaimed loudly and communicated on all channels. So if he would've seen Winnetou...what a wonderful, silent world that would've been. But since he's still a Man-Child, there's hope, right? Right?
When you contrast the Man-Child's behavior with that of the Indian..."Ein Indianer kennt keinen Schmerz"...well, the Indian "knows no" pain; he doesn't express any reaction to pain. How do we know that he experiences pain? Through the words of others, who did not feel that pain. With Nalf, the bush dance of the Indian about pain doesn't exist.
@@mojojim6458 Ha. I finally got you! If there’s not much I can be remembered by, at least you learned a Millism. I’m so proud to have taught the Wise Man the bush dance.
Interesting, because there are a couple famous films about the Trapp family: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Trapp-Familie de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Trapp-Familie_in_Amerika de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Trapp_Familie_%E2%80%93_Ein_Leben_f%C3%BCr_die_Musik
@@mojojim6458 The traditional Austrian song "Edelweiss" they sing near the end of the film Sound of Music before escaping from the Nazis and has everyone bursting out in tears was written for the film. Some of the film was shot there though.
@@roesi1985 Wrong. In Austria, all the films of the Trapp family are well-known. Only the young don't know the film anymore because the films are no longer shown on television. Instead, they watch German rubbish like Schlag den Star (Hit the Star) and other unbelievable rubbish and nonsense.
You just warmed a poor little May fan's heart so much! I read 40 May Novels by the age of twelve (in my self made treehouse pretending to be a blockhouse in the wild west plains) and now have an entire bookshelf dedicated to him and his fiction. What a warm surprise. Hope you'll like it. (Looking back, sometimes the naivity in it is just cringeworthy now)
The films are german cinema/ TV history of the 60s. As a teenager in the late 70s I had the "BRAVO STARSCHNITT" of WINNETOU at my wall ... . I read the books too. 😍
3:45 Ultimately, all NALF fans should learn more about this charming young lady. Who is this delightful, cute and adorable lady by NALF's side? Not only ducks and natives of Schwäbisch-Hall are entitled to know.
Aawww, Winnetou and Old Shatterhand, riding into the sunset. Classic! Glad you came across it. Lovely footage of ducks and the park, too. Thanks for a fun video! Happy belated birthday, Nick!
The hometown of Karl May actually has a football team, where I happen to play LB in 4th german league and act as DC for the youth team. Suburbian Foxes in Radebeul
Please watch all the Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill movies first. They are known in the US, but far less popular than in Germany, Austria etc. simply for the fact that the German dubbing is the best there is. The voice actors just went for it and knocked one iconic line after the other out of the park.
Dude so many memories came rushing back watching your video today. Thanks for diving into that. You should also see if you are able to go to one of the Karl-May-Spiele (pretty much a live action outdoor play) with stories from the books with a live outdoor set and horses etc... I used to go there as a teenager!!
It is interesting that American movies from that era focused their attention nearly exclusively on the experience of white settlers while germans seem to find the natives perspective more relatable.
@@mojojim6458 no. By that logic Winnetou is French most Romans were British. Old Shatterhand is a german immigrant. And if that doesn't fit into your narrative, keep on twisting reality.
You need to watch "Der Schuh des Manitu"! It's a parody of the Winnetou movies and "western movies" in general. It's directed by Bully Herbig, a great comedian and filmmaker, and I think it's even more famous than Winnetou himself. Should definitely give it a watch ;) Edit: Most of his movies are great, actually!
But I always need to explain to Americans that the gay stereotype isn't percieved to be as offensive here, as it is in the states. I got some veeery weird looks, when I introduced someone to Traumschiff Surprise 😅 Even my gay friends had trouble convincing them, that they're fine with it and think it's funny.
@@oldcrow187 The movie plays with all kinds of stereotypes, and yes mostly in a dumb way, which is why it is funny. The important part is that nobody is discriminated for what he/she is in that movie. If you think that making fun of other things is ok, but not gay people, this would be kind of discriminating. :)
Always good to see the Unicorns having enormous fun on the practice field, beautifully lit by sunset golden hour. Btw - I hope you & Cody are able to play in the first GFL opening game against Ravensburg next weekend.
And the actor who performed the Winnetou character was a French guy. His name was Pierre Brice. So at least the two main characters didn't speak German but had to be dubbed.
@@user-bj2lu9qt3o not back in the day. He was dubbed in all Winnetou movies. Later in the 80s and 90s he appeared in several German TV movies and series and there he spoke German with a strong french accent.
After NALF went off after talking to the ducks, the conversation kept going. "Did he really ask about Winnetou?" "Why would someone do that?" "Do we taste really awesome with rice and sweet sour?" "Humans are dumb, but this one seemd really challangd" "I think he is from America" "ahhh" "ohhh" "Makes sense..." "C'mon kids we leave, and dont stare at dumb primates! They easily get hungry..."
Well, we NALF fans don't mean Speedy, who is the wonderful wife of Cody, and who are both the patient, loving and caring foster parents of the foundling called NALF, but the adorable, cute and lovely young lady right after Speedy at 3:45
Hey Nalf, I watch a lot of Americans in Germany Videos from several different RU-vidrs. I like it very mich that you put really nice art in to your Videos. So nice to watch and the music fits perfect. Not only sitting infront of a PC and talking. That makes your videos so special. PS: I grew Up in a city with a lot american soldiers. I love the way they are and the german citizens of my town love them as well.
@@derskannibale, yes! And I only commented because Nalf has a tendency to oversimplify nature. Do you remember his video in which he referred to wasps as bees?
Winnetou is a fictional character from Karl May. A famous German author of Western novels. Many of these were also filmed in the 60's, and are now considered cult films here. The actor Pierre Brice who portrayed Winnetou (unfortunately deceased) was a huge star here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4t4dwh5LpF4.html
... Because he's a German novel character. Germans have been obsessed with native culture (or what their picture of it is) for about 150 years, since some of those shows presenting "Indians and their life" travelled Europe.
I learned a lot about the US (and other countries) as a kid from May‘s books. Cities, states, tribes and so on. As an adult i completed my May book collection. Some of the books i have read more then 30 times. Some have big epic storylines. the movies from the 60s are cult but most of them only use the characters in simpler storylines.
Hi NALF I love your Videos. Perfectly done .Nice content and i am suprised ,that an American guy is so interested in german culture and history .My son plays football too in the lowest ligue Kreisoberliga BW for the Rettigheim Rhinos .Keep on going . I learn more about my country from your videos and from another perspective. P.S i have to visit Schwäbisch Hall, your are a perfect ambassador for them
Seeing the drone footage, I hope you appreciate how lucky you are to live in Schwäbisch Hall. I grew up maybe 20 km away, and we went there when my parents had guests from outside Germany. Such a charming old town.
I so agree with your statement. Hall is my hometown. Every time I see footage it makes me sad and happy at the same time. I live in Virginia and haven’t been back home for 12 years.
for a better (although probably not great) chance, ask about the "Trapp Familie" movies instead. lots(!) of movies are completely unknown if you only mention the local titles that movies get in different countries.
Funny, I'm Dutch but I never remembered Winnetou speaking German, I remembered it as English. The same with Sandokan btw, I was shocked to find out recently he spoke Italian. Which is also quite strange for a Malayan prince fighting the British colonizers. I watched Winnetou again past december, and I was actually shocked by the slaughter in the movies. I thought these were kid's movies, watched by 10-year olds. In one there was more killings than in Commando. Anyway, nice video, one of your best.
Reread Grimm's fairy tales and shudder. Or Max und Moritz by Wilhelm Busch. Or any of the older classic "kid's books" - they are all full of torture and murder and hacked off feet and whatnot. As a kid, I never thought anything of it. Now as an adult I cringe. Idk, maybe it doesn't affect you as much as a kid because you don't really understand the brutality?
Happy Birthday to you, lovely Nick! In France they say: "Le but c'est de mourir jeune le plus tard possible." ;) Hab einen wunderschönen Tag, alles Liebe zum Geburtstag für dich!
Hey, I really had to laugh out loud when I realised that the "famous American" is Winnetou. He was my first love, really (so guess how old I am). Fun fact: Not all actors spoke German. Winnetou (Piere Brice) spoke french and was dubbed, Old Shatterhand spoke english and was dubbed... and all the movies (there are many) were filmed in Kroatia. Another fun fact: In the DDR they also made movies about Native Americans which were filmed in the same region. Even some of the actors were the same ( Gojko Mitić). But before you watch "Der Schuh des Manitou" you HAVE to watch "Der Schatz im Silbersee" which was the first movie with Winnetou in order to understand it, especially the gangster boss. It is pretty much the same story (kind of).
I stumbled across one of your videos and thought the background looked oddly familiar. When I saw the thumbnail for this one, I knew immediately why: That's my home town, lmao! What a small world we live in.
It's okay, Nalf, everybody loves a nice sunset! Oh boy, Karl May... as a kid I LOVED his books about Winnetou, Old Shatterhand, Kara Ben Nemsi, Hadschi Halef und wie sie alle hießen. Ich lese die Bücher sogar heute noch ab und zu.
Dude, you actually visited one of the Winnetou filming locations - Plitvice lakes in Croatia. It was used in Der Schatz im Silbersee. I even mentioned it but I wasn’t sure if you’ve ever heard of Winnetou. Was that the first time you heard of Winnetou?! Hahaha
Winnetou and Old Shatterhand! Childhood heroes for many, many german kids! And sure, when we were replaying it in the street everybody was shouting 'I want to be Winnitu!' (pronounciation tended to be a bit weak in kids). It was glo-ri-ous! You mentioned the new 'Der Schuh des Manitu' film, which is satirical (and a hommage tl the old movies). There is also a modern version of the Winetou series, shot just a few years back, which is really nice and worth watching!
"Fun fact" There's an 'alternative' Winnetou series too, the one that has been produced and broadcasted in the GDR/DDR with Goyko Mitic (a Serbian actor). Once Pierre Brice resigned from his "live"-reenactment job at Bad Segeberg Goyko took over. www.berliner-kurier.de/show/er-war-der-winnetou-des-ostens-ddr-schauspieler-gojko-mitic-um-ein-haar-waere-er-kein-defa-star-geworden-li.159311
AFAIK at least the two main characters were indeed dubbed because the actors weren't German at all: Pierre Brice who played Winnetou was French, and though he did speak German his accent was rather thick; Lex Barker who played Old Shatterhand was American (!!) and I don't know that he spoke German fluently at all.
@@dirkschwartz1689 Im totally agrees Weissmüller was the best performer for Tarzan! - those movies are great up here in DK too - and i can imagine how difficult it was for him to play that caracter because of the Language barrier, Up here we see the movies with Original spoken language and DK subtitles.
I always went to the live staging of the Winnetou stories in Elspe as a child, very fond memories! And I still like the books, long winded and preachy though they are.
Long winded and preachy indeed. After many years I tried to read Winnetou again and the kitsch and sentimentality knocked me out and that was it. RIP dear Winnetou. You certainly were the man for the boy I was.
Many comments are about watching "der Schuh des Manitou" . It's a rather heavy-handed comedy at the expense of the winnetou movies. The books were real adventure Literatur in their time. Today we all know that Karl May never was in the countries he wrote about. Back than he was taken serious. To the germans he was like Mark Twain was to Americans. The movies are from the sixties and equally good liked and in a naive way very charming. Pierre Brice was a legend in Germany after playing Winnetou. Even thirty years later he couldn't go on the streets without being recognized. Although the comedy movie is not bad, it's not what I would recommend to watch if you want to understand the german fascination with Karl May.
Wrong. 1908 he travels to the USA and did a six week travel through the country. He wrote Winnetou IV afterwards. And btw, he also did a journey through the middle east 1899/1900.
Bringing a story into todays time viewers interest, is a way to maintain a memory. The 30 year olds, don't watch any of these movies from the 60ies any more. It's stuff for the museum. There is no "German fascination with Karl May", there was once a fascination. Today only grandpa's remember.
@Gunther H.G. Geick It's called extrapolation on the base of a small survey. Of course this is biased and not scientific, but since you know this, it's OK. And I live next to the Karl May Museum, his last home and rent out room for tourists and I notice the interest in visiting this museum is going down from year to year. 10 years ago it has been the 75year olds, maybe some brought their grandchilds, but today they are 85 and they don't travel any more. Also the last appearance of Pierre Brice here, I think 2013, had a public of people 50+. He's not a celebrity for the Twens. This weekend the theatre re-opens after Corona with "Winnetou I" Open Air. All shows are at 7:30, cause it's not for children. And we will see, if there is anybody below 50 in the auditory. I don't think so. It's this "remembering my youth" motivation, but it's the youth of 1960 or before. Enough to get some confidence to know what I'm talking about ? At least I'm the one-eyed among the blind ;-)
Wow! I didn't know that I was soooo wrong about Karl May. Well, I suppose I should apologize for the way I felt about this absolut trivial topic. There seem to be people taking it very serious. ;-)))
Karl May has never been in USA or met with any native American. He created the complete cosmos of this native American Winnitou out of his phantasy. I loved to watch the movies based on his novels as a kid en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_May
He actually visited the US but late in his life. And he used many geographical, linguistic and anthroposophical literature of his time for background information. Very interesting and big library in his house which is a museum nowadays. (Villa Shatterhand, Radebeul)
@@CaptainF68 yes, although there was not yet any big tourist industry or many travel guides, he looked up everything in geography books, travel reports and other books to get as many details as possible as correct as possible.
Winnetou movies and books were massively popular in Croatia. Especially because all the movies were filmed here and used local actors and extras. Most of the movies were filmed around Paklenica national park, but other locations were Plitvice lakes, Krka national park, Velebit national park, Zrmanja river canyon, Vransko lake national park, Cetina river, area around Starigrad Paklenica, Omis, Grobnik, Platak etc. Ofcourse I visited the locations like a good little film nerd! 😆 Also, new Winnetou movies were filmed here about 5 years ago. Ofcourse I watched those, too! 😆
Oh. My. God. You didn't know Winnetou?! What a lack !! :-D In Austria we also know and love Winnetou.. I've watched it 20 or 30 times for sure and read all books of karl May, they are amazing!
Up here in the north of Germany (in Bad Segeberg) we have the Karl May Festspiele, where they reenact Winnetou‘s stories! Horses, fireworks, everything you need. I often visited as a child. A must go to!
Fun facts: Lex Barker was an American actor who was not very famous until he played Old Shatterhand in the Karl May movies. He was the one that was actually dubbed to speak in German! The movies were filmed in Croatia (watch out for the Karst landscape). Quite possible that some of the Croatian extras (most of the Indians) might have reappeared in the Game of Thrones series (of course much older now), because some episodes of the latter where shot at the Croatian coast.
