We have had several friends staying with us, all to attend the othello on Friday night.
One of them recently back from Germany and relates the following.
Having nothing to do one Saturday night, he decided to go to the cinema. He was astonished to see that the film " U-571" was showing. It tells the story of the Americans hijacking a U-boat, capturing an Enigma machine, and so winning the war.
Yes, well.
Anyway, much to his astonishment, it was dubbed into German, and all went well ( if totally inaccurate historically) until the Americans, having captured the sub, had to make a crash dive as the Kriegsmarin closed in.
"Wie tief sind wir?" ( Translation: how deep are we?) screamed the Yankee captain.
" Ich weiss nicht - es ist in Deutsch beschreiben!" ( Translation: I don't know, it's written in German)
He swears the audience continued laughing for the rest of the film.
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