Spanish Army t-shirt
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iratxe — 20 years ago(September 08, 2005 12:42 AM)
It amazed me that Jan was wearing a spanish army t-shirt most of the time in the film. Wasn't he supposed to be an activist? why the beep is he wearing it? As well, the actor himself is Spanish, he should have noticed that and told the crew
Just for this little detail, I didnt like it at all
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iratxe — 20 years ago(September 08, 2005 03:47 AM)
uhm I tink my anwser has been deletd or something.. anyway I was saying: Danis is spanish, he was born in Barcelona. I guess he has the german nationality too but he is spanish in the first place.
Also, that t-shirt is actually the army's t-shirt. A friend of mine used to be in the army and he wore that one all the time.
http://coleccionismo.segundamano.hispavista.com/6205814559_lote-de-6-camisetas-manga-corta..html
Funny to know that the left wing in germany wear army stuff -
meininki — 20 years ago(September 08, 2005 09:18 AM)
Danis is spanish, he was born in Barcelona. I guess he has the german nationality too but he is spanish in the first place.
I guess, that's a matter of debate. Yes, he was born in Barcelona and yes, he's HALF Spanish. But he moved to Germany when he was still a baby and he grew up in Cologne, his father is German. Brhl isn't exactly a Spanish name, is it? -
chrisbower78 — 20 years ago(December 10, 2005 11:23 PM)
And most countries in Europe simply
do not have
naturalization by birth; I know third generations in Switzerland who still aren't legal citizens. I think that the US and Mexico might actually be the only countries in the world where being born there makes you an automatic citizen.
Weil die meisten Menschen nur glcklich sind, wenn sie sich stndig was Neues kaufen knnen, zum Beispiel. -
theninjamark — 18 years ago(October 20, 2007 04:46 PM)
Australia too, with conditions.
http://www.acacia-au.com/australian-citizenship.php
read the section under the 'Birth In Australia' header. -
meininki — 20 years ago(December 12, 2005 03:36 PM)
I guess he has the german nationality too but he is spanish in the first place.
I just saw an interview with him and when he was asked where he felt most at home, he distinctly said Cologne. That's where he spent most of his life. He also said his new home was Berlin.
When asked whether he felt Spanish or German, he said he considered himself European and that he thinks it's sort of cute how the Spanish just pretend he's completely Spanish, calling him a Catalan actor.
He simply is both, German and Spanish, whether you like it or not. -
Manu-29 — 20 years ago(September 26, 2005 01:16 AM)
Well Google automatic translation doesn't exactly works well.
It could give you and idea but it lacks the comprehension.
Ejercito, could mean "I excercise", but Ejrcito, notice the accent over the "e" means "army".
You probably are thinking "I didn't see any E with accent".
Well sometimes and in some spanish countries when all the text is in uppercase, they take out the accent.
Hope this clarify the "I excercise". By the way, I use "Yo hago ejercicios" rather than "Yo ejercito".
Don't trust Google translation tool too much, is just a machine, not a translator -
npfist2 — 20 years ago(January 04, 2006 12:13 AM)
i'm watching "good bye lenin" this week and will tell you if i notice it. in the meantime, ejercito definitely means "army." it could also perhaps refer to the republican army/militia during the spanish civil war, which stood for collectivization and socialism. this would correlate well with jan's beliefs. watch land and freedom, la lengua de las mariposas, or silencio roto. most people remain pretty clueless about the spanish civil war, and it's impact on the world during the second world war.
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