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This is what I reckoned was a fantastic drama-documentary which was shown in 2009(?) on the History Channel.Rome_sw8yk.jpg

This remarkable documentary brings one of the most devastating battles of ancient times back to life: The Battle of Varus, also know as the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Fought in 9 AD

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...the german version you can watch for free on the ZDF site

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/#/beitrag/video/718370/Kampf-um-Germanien---Teil-1 Part 1

 

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/#/beitrag/video/723802/Kampf-um-Germanien---Teil-2 Part 2

 

I might add the germans dont have as far as i know the stupid country restrictions that the british and americans have and should be viewable world wide..

 

cheers and enjoy

viggen

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Fantastic work, Viggen! Once again, you saved the day! B):lightbulb:

 

I would've loved subtitles or English translation, but can't have everything!

Edited by Hus

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I'm sorry to say Viggen, but truly German is not a nice sounding language :P it also shows that it's been long since I last read or listened to it, for I can only understand one word out of two in these videos... bah, I shall probably get better at it soon since I'll have to speak dutch for my new job :rolleyes:

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I'm sorry to say Viggen, but truly German is not a nice sounding language :P it also shows that it's been long since I last read or listened to it, for I can only understand one word out of two in these videos... bah, I shall probably get better at it soon since I'll have to speak dutch for my new job :rolleyes:

 

...@ Hus you are welcome

 

@Bryaxis, well french doesnt sound very cool to german ears either, kinda way too feminine and soft, and dutch well that sounds like a german with throat problems, but i guess every language has its pro`s and cons hehe

 

cheers

viggen

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I'm sorry to say Viggen, but truly German is not a nice sounding language :P it also shows that it's been long since I last read or listened to it, for I can only understand one word out of two in these videos... bah, I shall probably get better at it soon since I'll have to speak dutch for my new job :rolleyes:

 

Dutch is a tough one. Always sounds a little like a mix between Welsh and Klingon, to me.

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I'm sorry to say Viggen, but truly German is not a nice sounding language :P it also shows that it's been long since I last read or listened to it, for I can only understand one word out of two in these videos... bah, I shall probably get better at it soon since I'll have to speak dutch for my new job :rolleyes:

 

Dutch is a tough one. Always sounds a little like a mix between Welsh and Klingon, to me.

 

Dutch sounds a bit barbaric I must confess, but I never thought about it as a mixture between welsh and klingon :lol:

But here in the south of the Netherlands (the ex-Roman part) we have found a good solution by mixing Dutch, German and French into one language, which sounds much better....

 

I prefer all my books in English, as dutch just does not work for me :rolleyes:, and I agree it's a tough one for foreigners to learn....

Edited by Macerinus

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It gets really bad when a non-Dutch speaker has to try and translate 'Dutch' (OK they may have been Flemish) messages on a train in Belgium for everyone else as happened to us once....Mind you I would have thought everyone could translate 'machinery kaput' for themselves ;)

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Has no-one been able to locate this excellent docu-drama anywhere yet?

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Well, I've tried watching this drama, but am sick of failing to understand a bloody word being spoken.

 

Why are these morons not releasing the dvd in the US or Britain? Talk about severing your own profits?

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I found it for sale on a Dutch language website (using google translate), but crucially the DVD is listed as also being in English:

 

Execution: DVD, 2 discs, running time 105:00 minutes

Aspect ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic

Colour: Color

Region: 2

Other languages: English

Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0

Subtitle: Dutch

 

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.bol.com/nl/p/dvd/battle-against-rome/1002004007767326/index.html&ei=k8rvTqTsA4vG8QPzloX9CQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.bol.com/nl/p/dvd/battle-against-rome/1002004007767326/index.html%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dm9S%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Dimvns

 

A nice Christmas present it would make.

Edited by Kieronus

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Well done, Kieronus!! Top marks for you and a very happy Christmas! B)

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I emailed the site to ask how much p&p would be to the UK, I got this reply;-

 

"Dear Mr/Mrs, Thank you for your e-mail. Our shippingcosts to the United Kingdom are euro 14,35 per order.

 

We hope to have informed you accordingly.Met vriendelijke groet,

 

Tim

 

 

 

bol.com Klantenservice"

 

 

 

 

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