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Movies or shows that "switch" the language to english for our benefit?


I noticed a couple of movies/shows have switched languages to english for english speaking audiences. In the movie The Hunt for Red October the Russian changes to english with the assumption that the submarine crew is still speaking russian but we the audience are hearing it in english.
Same for the movie Valkyrie with german to english. There is also an episode of Lost set in the past on the island where the women there speak another language before it magically switched to english so we can understand.
That got me wondering what other movies or shows have done this. Was the hunt for red october the first? Anyone know any others? Danke!

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That is what happened in the Swedish movie "Arn the Knights Templar".
Lots of the dialogue is in English when the characters are speaking French or Latin in-universe.

Also, there is the British sitcom "Allo Allo".
While the dialogue is in English, we have to assume that lots of it is really French or German in-universe.

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This might be a bad example, but in the film Ratatouille the rats speak English, but when it cuts to the point-of-view of a human, those same rats are squeaking.

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ha the rats. thanks for all the replies everyone!

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Yes, and they all actually speak French.

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Really? I only remember English.

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English is what we hear, but they actually speak French.

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It makes sense.

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