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Van Helsing

posted 20 years ago by llscheppink
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Why does Van Helsing talk German/with a German accent in this movie?

[–] DIONIS1 20 years ago

Maybe he is from Germany.

[–] llscheppink 20 years ago

Not according to the novel.

[–] DTfan5651 20 years ago

Jesus, you come looking for accuracy in a Mel Brooks movie?

[–] DIONIS1 20 years ago

This is a parody.

[–] hedgehogdog 20 years ago

In the novel, English isn't his first language and it really shows. It's been too long since I saw the original movie, but the accent may have been there.

[–] zagrillo 19 years ago

In the book it says he's Dutch. (Quincy talks about the 'Dutchman'

[–] phantomlon 19 years ago

According to the commentary on the DVD, they weren't using German at all. It was completely made up gibberish. In fact, during the excorcism scene with Lucy, Van Helsing says "Chez Oomaletta" (cheese omelette)

[–] Pharaoh-in-de-Nile 19 years ago

German is A) Similar to Dutch (Dutch comes from German, hence the word Dutch is a corruption of Deutsch) B) It was fake anyway, so you could say it was made up Dutch rather than made up Deutsch!

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