5 German comedies you must have seen!

If you're a comedy fan like me, the movies listed below won't disappoint. You listen to the German language, learn a new word and do it all with a laugh. Can it get any better?

Before I start listing the films, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that when you watch them, you actively listen to the language in order to learn new words, especially their correct pronunciation . You won't see progress by passive listening, so keep a close eye on how and what the interesting characters of these comedies are saying.

1. Soul Kitchen

Soul Kitchen is a 2009 comedy film directed by Fatih Akin that takes a vivid look at the messy reality of a restaurant owner. Soul Kitchen is another of Akin's depictions of modern, multicultural Germany. The German-Greek owner of the Zinos restaurant has just been unlucky lately. His girlfriend has moved to Shanghai, guests are boycotting his new gourmet menu in the kitchen, and on top of that he has back problems. But things start to change when Zinos hires a new chef who insists on changing the menu. There's only one thing left for you to do to find out if Zinos' fortunes are finally about to change, and that is to watch the film.

2. Good Bye Lenin

Good Bye Lenin is a brilliant film full of subtle comedic elements, candid family connections and witty political satire. It shows the fall of socialism and the ongoing longing for a GDR that no longer exists. Again and again, fairy-tale elements interweave with reality, the personal with the political, creating a perfect allegory of the dreams and delusions that many systems are based on today. In short, Good Bye Lenin is a film worth seeing.

3. Sonnenallee

Another film about life in East Berlin in the late 1970s. The film was directed by Leander Haussmann and released shortly before the novel Am kuzeren ende der Sonnenallee, which is based on similar events. The screenplay of the film and the novel were penned by Thomas Brussig, who emphasizes the importance of pop art and especially pop music for the youth of East Berlin. By the way, Sonnenallee is a real street in Berlin, which was crossed by the border between East and West at the time of the Berlin Wall.

4. The Edukators

Comedy might not be the right description for this masterpiece, but there is definitely hidden satire to be found in many scenes in this film. Peter and Jan are "educators", anarchists who break into the homes of the rich, never stealing but saying their days are numbered. But since they're playing with fire like that, it's inevitable that things will eventually get out of hand. A lost lover, a kidnapped rich capitalist and some new lovers are found in one place, so play the movie and watch the intriguing unexpected twists.

5. Toni Erdman

Toni Erdmann is a 2016 German-Austrian comedy directed, written and co-produced by Maren Ade. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was named Best Film of 2016 by Sight & Sound and other respected magazines. This German comedy shows heavy humor and great pathos in the surreal collision between father and daughter. And believe me crash is the right word to describe this movie.