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Saturday, June 28th, 2025 7:51 AM

Live Poll: Gott mit dir, du Land der Bayern (ready to go!)

Intro: Not only Great Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark or Prussia have a Royal past. Bavaria was a monarchy, too. "Gott mit dir, du Land der Bayern, deutsche Erde, Vaterland!" are the first two lines in the Bayernlied, the official hymn of Bavaria. It means "God be with you, land of the Bavarians, German soil, fatherland!". It is the official hymn of the Free State of Bavaria. In 1862, it replaced the old king's hymn "Heil unserm König, Heil!", which meant "Hail to our king, hail!" The monarchy even reached out to Greece, which still has the Bavarian white and blue colors in their flag. It ended on November 7, 1918. From then Bavaria was a republic, governed by workers' councils (Räterepublik) and later officially was pronounced as a constitutional part of the Weimar Republic on August 11, 1919. Since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 after WWII, Bavaria is a federal state of Germany and indeed has a proud history. There are several movies which have Bavaria as content - at least partly. Which of these movies or movie series about Bavaria or with story parts playing in Bavaria do you think is most interesting? Please discuss here. Suggestion: Movies in which Bavaria has a clear place. Means: Not only mentioned in one sentence. Need a little text like in the options. I know there are still a few very interesting movies or movie series about Bavaria. Should best have a rating above 6.0, but I do amens for movies which are clearly fitting. Link: https://www.imdb.com/de/list/ls599138773/ Poll: https://www.imdb.com/de/poll/SL9NHReJRWg/

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My mother loved the Sissi trilogy 1955, Sissi was born in Bavaria.

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I need a little time. I guess Sissy is the one movie series that comes to mind, when we speak about Bavarian and Austrian royalty. I'll surely put it on the list. It was the movie series, Romy Schneider was best known for. My mother also loved it. When I was a kid, it was one of my favorite filmes, because of magic it had at that time for me. It also was the series I've written about in one of the option. The movie maker and comedian Michael "Bully" Herbig, once made the animated movie "Lissy und der Wilde Kaiser". It referred to Elisabeth and Franz. They saw the name in old styled letters and erroneously made the "L" to an "S". If they didn't it would be the "Sissy" movie series. Herbig made a lovely pun of it in his movie. ;D

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3 days ago

"Heil unserm König, Heil!" I thought that was the Kaiser hymn? By the way, who copied who? The germans copied the british hymn (God save the Queen) or it was the contrary? The Bayerischer Defiliermarsch is one of my favorite german marchs. Very energetic.

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Please use the English wikipedia and enter Heil unserm König, Heil! It says it was the royal anthem of the Kingdom Bavaria and the Kindom Greece. We still have tight bonds to Greece and many Greece people are living here. We love the Greek people! :D Some of my most beloved buddies are from Greece. Very pleasant people, heartful and family orientated. They love living, have very good mediteranian food and love being together.

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The idea of making a hymn was in England. It was openly first sung in 1745 a.d. in the Jacobite rising.The hymn "Heil unsrem König, Heil!" was written 1790-1793 a.d. by Heinrich Harries. He formerly wrote the Text for the King of Denmark, Christian VII. Parts of Germany belonged to Denmark that time. The Original text was: "Heil dir, dem Siegerkranz, Herrscher des Vaterlands!" Many Danes today are proficient in the German language. It's uncertain who wrote "God save the King!" It's often attributed to John Bull (1562-1628), other possible composers are Henry Carey (1678-1743) or Thomas Arne (1678-1778). It was the same melody. I guess Bavaria used it as the last of these countries. Seems it was first written and sung in England.

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It was arraged by Thomas Arne. He made it fit, but possibly didn't compose it by himself. That's uncertain.

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3 days ago

Greece was once bayrisch???

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They still have the colors in their flag, because there were strong Royal ties. Of course in Greece there was always spoken Greek.

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3 days ago

Where_Eagles_Dare 1968 Their task is to rescue American Brigadier General George Carnaby—a chief planner for the Western Front—captured by the Germans and held at Schloß Adler, an alpine mountaintop fortress in Bavaria, accessible only by cable car.

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The one with Clint Eastwood, is it? Love it. I'll put it on the list, Mario. :D

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Where Eagles Dare now is an option. A very good pick! Thank you for the suggestion and the text. For me it's fun to see Clint Eastwood, who I do adore a lot, in Bavaria. Lovely! :D

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There is also a WW2 movie were the allies go to Obersalzberg to steal back art (paintings and statues), but I don't remember the name now.

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Thank you for mentioning. I'm a little done today, because I worked all the day on the list and now it's 25 options, you can look at. It was a lot of work and I'm exhausted for today. But we can work together on it. There are still 10 slots remaining, even though I think it's much to read for the voters. I guess many people won't read the entire texts, but that's ok. They can vote anyway, also without reading all. :D We can work together on it. Maybe you'll remember about the movie you mentioned. It's way more easy to additional use chagpt for research, but it still is much work.

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2 days ago

Great poll , Prussia has always been an obsession of mine

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So, recently I watched this movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032255/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_6_nm_2_in_0_q_bismarck

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Thank you, Mario. I think I need to explain a little. Bavarians refuse to be called Prussians. It's a kind of insult to be called a Prussian in Bavaria. Bavarians call Prussian to someone they want to degrade in a verbal way. They look down on them. It was always like that. For Prussians that sounds snooty, but that derives from the kind of mindset and social behavior. Prussians are and were known to be more cold and distanced while Bavarians are more directly. The more you go to Northern Germany, the more distanced the people are. Bavarians don't hate Prussians, but also don't want to get mixed up with them. These also were two different monarchies. The last German Kaiser was Wilhelm II, a completely other Royal house, got nothing to do with Queen Elisabeth or King Ludwig. But the Royal houses ended to rule with the beginning of the Weimar Republic deriving from the Novemberrevolution 1918. We all know what happened after the Weimar Republic. So Prussia clearly is NOT Bavaria, please don't judge me for not putting it to the poll. Of course I still admire your further suggestions, Mario. Feel free to suggest.

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Wait! I got an idea. This is the Betty White option for a Bavarian poll! You are genius, Mario. ;)

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I am completely undisciplined, but I admire the prussian discipline in marches, specially I like to watch the "stechscritt". I love the tambourmajor here ;) https://youtu.be/NpY13uijz-I?si=Aq_nViMEHVEDnZz6&t=139 but don't get me wrong, I also love the bayrische schuhplattlen, being haushammer and auerhahn my favorites ones.

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Yes, looks impressive, is it? But I think that's more a psychological aspect on it. It shows unity to the potential foes and strenghtens discipline within the troops. Prussian soldiers' discipline was feared throuout the whole world, sure. But the Stechschritt is very bad for the menisci. I must admit that I know Schuhplattln very well, but I'm obviously not so into it like you are. I can't link the names to faces. Schuhplattln is a kind of folklore, which is mostly done at rural folkfests. Normaly it isn't an everyday thing. That also counts for Lederhosn. If someone daily wears Lederhosn, I'd suspect him to be a strong patriot. Most people in daily life wear Jeans in Bavaria. Especially because of the high ammount of immigrants, who all want to got to Germany. All-in-all, Germany is one of the most social countries in Europe, just Denmark and Norway and a few other northern countries are more social.

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I Guess Norway is the most social country in Europe. I've met some Norways and was astounded that they were disappointed about the hard life in Germany. I was again astounded after long conversations we had about the differences between Norway and Germany. They can afford higher social standarts, because they have ressources to trade with. Mainly Oil, Energy and Fish. But for a land with relatively little population, it's easy to manage that with such exports of their industries.

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In Norway bureaucracy works FOR the people, not against. ;)

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interesting. how's that? give an example

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In Germany, there is a standart for initial equipment for newborn babys. But it has to be applyed for at the district office. In Norway when a child is born, the parents don't have to waste time on totally overpolluted distric offices. A few days later, the state itself delivers it to the home of the parents, without any demand from the parents. Now look at America. (US) ;)

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But maybe daddy Donald soon has made his country great again and delivers it himself to the parents. Following the image he provides about his own person, I'd expect that.

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wow, I'd be scared if the state knew what happens in my life, inside my house...

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The state doesn't. It just knows that a baby was born by the clinic. Privacy still is privacy. I'd have more fear about people from the internet intruding my privacy. The state doesn't care what happens in private if there are no complaints about.

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Maybe that's otherwise overseas.

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I can see that often it seems fishy in that world, that someone just want to support another without any profit. But in some cases that still exists. It must be scary, especially for people who usually don't experience such benefits. Especially in the USA, I could imagine someone asking where is the hook about that.

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FYC: September 5 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28082769/reference/ Munich: The Edge of War - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7475578/reference/

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Hi Pencho. That a very good pick I hadn't on my radar. Thank you for that. I've put it on my list and wrote a little option text after a little research. I guess you watched it. If yes, please tell me if my little research nails the tip. Thank you in advance.

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Just saw these are two. I also make a text for the second.

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For now I've put your suggestions in option 9 and 11, because of the thematic allocation.

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Yes, I saw both of them. I found them by making a keyword search, titles I've rated with munich-germany in my vote history. September 5 I saw recently as an Oscar nominee, honestly I don't remember much about Munich: The Edge of War, but I rated it with an 8, so that means I enjoyed it.

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Please edit: It ended on November 7, 1918. Bavaria was then pronounced a republic. #2: she unexpectedly meets #4: reconciling Austrian-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. The film ends with a hopeful note, portraying Sissi as both; an admired ruler and a woman of deep inner strength. However, her longing for her Bavarian homeland is a recurring theme and there are still scenes that play in Bavaria. #7: months are capitalized (November April May) without East Germany, which was occupied by U.S.S.R. and later became the German Democratic Republic. Until 1989 Germany was divided. The Trials of Nuremberg, Bavaria have set the basic requirements for Germany's new start after WWII. #9: assassinations #11: subtle respectlessness against authorities and a deep skepticism towards bureaucracy. The film uses dialect, pub-table humor and exaggerated characters to make Bavarian mentality relatable. Set in a Munich municipal office, Polt's character deals with absurd deals about red tape. The humor is typical Bavarian - dry and subtle - mixing social critique with folksy charm. #12: mischievous charm #15: those who love #16: Swiss -- Switzerland #18: hitmen #23: he can no longer #24: all other episodes which

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Wow! Thank you, Jessica. You wouldn't believe what a marathon it was to build this list. It was a ton of research, but it was way easier with chatgpt. Just the typos I've made myself. ;) It also was a challenge to put in the most precise questions into chatgpt to get the most nailing lines due to the task of the whole in every single option. It would have cost me at least a whole week without chatgpt. ;) Good tool! ;D

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Changes made by copy and paste. Guess it should fit. Again thank you, Jessica.

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Jessica: I've changed the intro in one point: "... It ended on November 7, 1918. From then Bavaria was a republic, governed by workers' councils (Räterepublik) and later officially was pronounced as a constitutional part of the Weimar Republic on August 11, 1919." (Got a little more into detail. The Weimar Republic was pronounced November 9, 1918. Bavaria wasn't ready to take part. Because of losing the monarchy they were used to obey, they had to find out what to do. So they first made up the Räterepublik to overcome monarchy and later merged into Weimar Republic on August 11, 1919.) Reserach can be so easy when inserting the right questions into chatgpt, google, wiki, whatever. ... ;)

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consitiutional -- constitutional

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Hope I got it all together now. The signs are good. ;)

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Thank you. I just checked it myself by re-reading. It's always better 4 eyes are checking. ;)

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... merged ...

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@Breumaster, Nicely done. I found the descriptions of the film very informative. Since I've seen two of his fairy tale castles (sadly over 50 years ago), I really need to see the film Ludwig.

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Thank you, Dan. It was a ton of work, but also a project of my heart. I had a few helpers: My wife, Mario, Jessica, Pencho, chatgpt, Google Translator, Leo, Wikipedia (de/en) and some other utilities and websites. Dan, I hope the texts in the intro and options won't exceed the maximal lenghts.

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Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/SL9NHReJRWg/ Congratulations Breu

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Wow! That was fast! Thank you, Pencho. And of course all Buddies. :D Thank you all for suggesting. :D