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Movies made in two languages

posted 15 years ago by karl_the_best48
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I know this movie was made simultaneously in german and english with same cast and crew, producing two diferent movies.

Does anybody know other cases in which this have occurred?

[–] scotbpens 15 years ago

Before dubbing became common, many movies were filmed simultaneously in two or even three languages, with different casts but the same sets and basically the same script. For example, a Spanish version of Dracula, starring Carlos Villar, was shot at the same time as the Bela Lugosi version. The 1935 film Transatlantic Tunnel was filmed in English, French and German versions.

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[–] Schillo 15 years ago

A lot of movies with Lilian Harvey were made in different languages, e.g.

'Der Liebes Walzer'
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021066/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130828/

'Nie wieder Liebe'
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022202/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250999/

'Der Kongreß tanzt'
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022034/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243191/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0757181/

'Ein blonder Traum'
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253120/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022699/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159068/

though most of the crew was replaced for the different versions.

Another interesting movie is 'Das Boot' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/. It was shot only once but most of the germans dubbed themselves for the english synchronization.

[–] pap2348 15 years ago

The practice was particularly common at MGM where foreign distribution was the most significant. Anna Christie with Garbo was shot in English and German. Most MGM features of 1930-1931 were shot in English and Spanish, and occasionally French and Italian.

[–] fripper 14 years ago

Herzog's NOSFERATU was made the same way. Every scene was made twice: in German and English.

[–] mdek2112 13 years ago

Also, Dreyer's Vampyr, which was shot in German, French, English, and Dutch.

[–] mdonln 9 years ago

karl_the_best48 says > I know this movie was made simultaneously in german and english with same cast and crew, producing two diferent movies. Does anybody know other cases in which this have occurred?

I've heard of a few examples of movies being made simultaneously, usually in German, but I don't know if they've always used the exact same cast. Anna Christie, with Greta Garbo, had nearly the same cast. The male lead I think was the only one who was different, I think.

The moon is blue, with William Holden, is another movie I read was filmed concurrently with the German-language version. In one scene, the lead actors in the German version appear in the American version and vice versa.

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