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What language was the grandma speaking?

posted 9 years ago by rsims64
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So, what language was the grandma speaking in the film, and why was Max the ONLY person that could translate? Why couldn't his dad translate and understand her? They never really explained why.

[–] Dinalfos 9 years ago

Seriously? It was obviously German. You don't have to actually speak the language to be able to recognize it.

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[–] jannispetersen 8 years ago

His dad could understand her. He talks to her in the same language before He and Howie go looking for Beth.

The dad talks to her in the 'same language'... well, barely. What he does is talking gibberish. It's not German, not English, just random syllables put together. To the non-German viewer it probably would sound like German. Anyhow, this is the first time I actually heard a real German (Austrian) - speaking actor in a Hollywood movie instead of the usual Hollywood-gibberish that's supposed to sound like German - you see, it's not actually hard to hire a natively German speaking actor playing a German (or Austrian). That was very refreshing.

[–] HelloMyNameIsMrBurns 8 years ago

You must have been really bored when you posted this.

[–] BoxOfficePoison 8 years ago

What I don't get is why the grandson would stick to English through their conversations.

"You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you."
"You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die."