I sure wish there were more German movies at the local video store. They have two: Das Boot, and the Musician Comedians, of course both are old WWII movies.... What is the current movie scene like in Germany these days? I've seen lots of great period movies, especially ones made in Norway and Sweden. Now that I've gotten interested in German genealogy and history, I would love to see a good period German film. Sue

I would suggest "Immortal Beloved", while not a German made movie, it is about a great German - namely Beethoven. It also has a great soundtrack. It needs to be taken with a fairly large grain of salt. It is told from the point of view of a biographer of Beethoven who is trying to determine the identity of the mysterious "Immortal Beloved". This biographer, Krabbe, although a contemporary of Beethoven, is considered inaccurate. Also, the movie does not reach the same conclusion as Krabbe did in his biography. Also, at least in the biography I scanned after the movie, Ludwig's father is not as abusive as portrayed in the film, nor is the movie's explanation of his hearing loss considered accurate. Still a better than average movie rental, und somewhat on German history in the time of Beethoven. Thomas Koch ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Schafer <schafs@home.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 11:09 PM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] German Movies > I sure wish there were more German movies at the local video store. They have two: Das Boot, and the Musician Comedians, of course both are old WWII movies.... What is the current movie scene like in Germany these days? I've seen lots of great period movies, especially ones made in Norway and Sweden. Now that I've gotten interested in German genealogy and history, I would love to see a good period German film. > > Sue > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from digest mode send a message to: > GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com and add the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message and send. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

Hi again, yesterday afternoon we pulled into Golden, CO and the Dakota Ridge campground knew nothing about the reservation I made on April 19th. Par for the course. I was going to meet Dave Ross there just to get to meet at least one list member and fate had me continue on Breckeridge. We are now at the Tiger Tail Resort which is quite upscale. Lots of million dollar coaches here. The landscaping is fantastic and the flowers sem to love this 9000+ altitude. Pansies in July in full bloom. As I pulled in here the guy next to our assigned lot helped me park and then told me right away that we should do absolutely nothing on our first day except to just relax. Of course I had taken the advice you guys had given us and we were guzzling water all along. I felt fine and took a little walk with our granddaughter. Shouldn't have. My heart was palpating and my blood was just pounding my vains. Strangest thing from practically nothing. So a little headache started aand I took the suggested Sudafed and we went to bed rather early. I was exhausted and very tired. This morning the view of the mountains in the early sunlight was simply fantastic. I felt fine. Little Amanda is not affected at all by any of this altitude thing. She's out there swimming and riding her bike as if there's no tommorrow. She wanted to show me something and I got my bike out to see what it was. She had already explored the whgole lace and taken the road out of the park into a condo development next door. Up and down it went over a bicycle path until it started to go up the mountain. I was supposed to climb up with her. No way! She went up a way on her own while I was panting just from the ride. I did have to promise a later combined climb before she was willing to give up on her designed task. She quite the explorer and doesn't go far from her roots. I think by tommorow the adults on this trip will be sufficiently adjusted to the thin air to actually do something. We'll probably go check out the mountains around us by driving from here to there. Thursday we're off to a train ride from Leadvill, which is the highest incorporated community in the US at over 10,000 feet. One other item. From Sedalia we took a rather dissappointing toru of Jefferson City. If it hadn't been for lunch at Das Stein Haus, the trip would have been a waste. I don't like guided tours as I need to look at my own pace. This tour was mostly spent getting to and fro and the Amtrack ride to Jeff City was nt exactly a highlight. I has assumed an old historic train or something like that. We had two busses and the lunch was Rouladen made just like at home except they didn't have any pickles in them as my wife prefers to make them. But the meal was delicious and anybody who'se ever inn the capital of Missouri should plan a meal there. Schwarzwálder Kirschtorte was the desert and it was like the real thing. Most one get mush if you order this in other restaurants. Helmut Steiner is the owner and head chef of the restaurant. I spoke a few words with him and he wasn't surprised to be addressed in German at all. So it must happen quite often. But I have no idea if there is a German community in Jeff City. We'll stay here for a week and then it's off to Durango. Fred