I will have to check out "Look who's back" My wife is German so she will probably get a kick out of it. We watch many German films together. I know I do not get the full effect having to read subtitles.
I am leaning German but it is a complex language. Didnt someone famous say, "Life is too short to learn German." ?
I did see "Down fall" and will watch pretty much anything that has to do with WWII. One of my favorite scenes in that one is when the old
salty Field Marshall General is taking artillery fire at his position just outside Berlin. He is covered with dust as he goes marching into Hitlers bunker, unbeknownst to him he is being called there to be shot for cowardice and retreating in the face of the enemy.
The look on his face is priceless.
I once wrote a long and flowery poem to my wife in English and then used Google translate to translate it into German.
How funny it was to see how all my flowery language was chopped into astringent short sentences. Not romantic at all but my wife got a laugh out of it !
German films worth a look:
"M"(1931 Fritz Lang) a must see for any film buff.
M (1931) - IMDb
Peter Lore screaming...."ICH MUSSSSSSS!!!!!!!"
"Barbara" (2012 Christian Petzold) Period piece that is a stark, harsh look at life on the East side of the wall circa early 1980's that sharply contrast with the softer side of what love can drive us to do.
Barbara (2012) - IMDb
"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs