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This scene is a particular pet peeve of mine (I know it's a movie, but everyone needs something to be picky about...). The character played by Fassbender at on

by folli 5y ago

This scene is a particular pet peeve of mine (I know it's a movie, but everyone needs something to be picky about...). The character played by Fassbender at one point explains his peculiar accent by being born and raised in a village near Piz Palü (an hommage by Tarantino to "White Hell of Piz Palü" a 1929 silent movie). However, this mountain is located in Switzerland, right by the italian border, far away from Germany. Still, his cover is blown by a tiny mistake on how he orders beer while everyone glances over the glaring inconsistency of his birthplace.

FabHK 5y ago
You could be born in Switzerland to German parents, thus being German (with a funny accent to boot). Germany (at the time) employed jus sanguinis (=your parents matter), not jus soli (=your place of birth matters). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli
- felipelemos 5y ago
  Not at the time, they still use jus sanguinis as most of European countries.
- Archelaos 5y ago
  There had also been quite a few Swiss volunteers that fought in the army and the Waffen-SS.[1] In the context of the special interest that the film devotes to the subject of language, locating the birthplace of the character near Piz Palü is also a very clever move. It is located in the canton of Graubünden (canton of the Grisons), which is the only trilingual Swiss canton (German, Italian and Romansh). Another side-note: "White Hell of Piz Palü" is also directly quoted in the film: it is shown in the cinema where the finale takes place. And this again is an hommage to (among others) Leni Riefenstahl, who Tarantino admired very much. She played one of the main roles in "Piz Palü". [1] https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=sol-003:1994:69::643 https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=sol-003:1994:69::643 (In German)
  - folli 5y ago
    You can watch the movie on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gJ8B4VH-5gk https://youtu.be/gJ8B4VH-5gk Some of the scenes (landscape shots and the avalanche/crevasses action sequences) hold up quite well IMO.
- folli 5y ago
  Still, he would have grown up in a non-German speaking area (they speak either Romansh oder Italian there, depending on which exact village). This could explain the accent/dialect, but it would definitely raise more eyebrows than ordering a beer with the wrong finger.

by folli 5y ago

FabHK 5y ago

You could be born in Switzerland to German parents, thus being German (with a funny accent to boot). Germany (at the time) employed jus sanguinis (=your parents matter), not jus soli (=your place of birth matters). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli

felipelemos 5y ago
Not at the time, they still use jus sanguinis as most of European countries.
Archelaos 5y ago
There had also been quite a few Swiss volunteers that fought in the army and the Waffen-SS.[1] In the context of the special interest that the film devotes to the subject of language, locating the birthplace of the character near Piz Palü is also a very clever move. It is located in the canton of Graubünden (canton of the Grisons), which is the only trilingual Swiss canton (German, Italian and Romansh). Another side-note: "White Hell of Piz Palü" is also directly quoted in the film: it is shown in the cinema where the finale takes place. And this again is an hommage to (among others) Leni Riefenstahl, who Tarantino admired very much. She played one of the main roles in "Piz Palü". [1] https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=sol-003:1994:69::643 https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=sol-003:1994:69::643 (In German)
- folli 5y ago
  You can watch the movie on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gJ8B4VH-5gk https://youtu.be/gJ8B4VH-5gk Some of the scenes (landscape shots and the avalanche/crevasses action sequences) hold up quite well IMO.
folli 5y ago
Still, he would have grown up in a non-German speaking area (they speak either Romansh oder Italian there, depending on which exact village). This could explain the accent/dialect, but it would definitely raise more eyebrows than ordering a beer with the wrong finger.