Blues Brothers Movie Pictures in Milwaukee

[Snotty]

By tradition, movies in Germany are released dubbed or lip-synched, i. e. any dialogue is in German as German actors lend their voices to the original actors. Back in late 1980 when the movie was released in Germany pretty much nobody knew or had ever heard of Saturday Night Live or the Blues Brothers. Many years later I learned that the dialogue had been souped up a little here and there by the German script writers to make the comical duo even more funny, just to make sure the movie would be a commercial success over here. I instantly loved the movie, and still do.

Interesting. What did they dialogue due with the phrase, "Illinois Nazis; I hate Illinois Nazis."?

That line always make me laugh. Would they have loved them if they were Minnesota Nazis? HA!

 

[ceebuddy]

Re-translated, Elwood is saying, "I hate this damned Nazi riff-raff".

I guess this was probably chosen to avoid the interpretation that Nazis elsewhere than Illinois would be okay.