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The stigma of “Don’t trust stranger” may be broken by Peter Limbourg’s Deutch Learning Program series, Nico’s Weg, which was released on April 8, 2019 on Youtube platform. Lisa Brunner (Charley Ann Schmutzler) and her nephew (called Emma in the movie) as the extra cast prove that not all stranger who help us always have bad intentions like in Ryoung & Lee Luda’s comic titled killstagram or Bong Joon-ho’s successful film, Parasite. Lisa and Emma help the main cast as a tourist from Spain, Seville named Nico (Florian Wünsche). He not very fluent speak Deutsch and unfortunately lost his bag complete with his passport and mobile phone on the first day he set foot in Panzer Country.

His bag was carried away by a taxi which made Nico fall into a big trouble because inside his bag, which bearing the bicycle logo, contains the address of his aunt’s house, which was his destination for going to Deutschland. But thanks to Lisa and Emma’s help, Nico didn’t become a homeless in a foreign country.

Not only help find Nico’s bag, Lisa, who is an English and Deutsch teacher, also provides various facilities that are really needed for him: clothes, foods, and home. Lisa’s wide relations also help Nico for solving his problem. Until one day, Lisa’s father who is a policeman and Lisa’s friend, Max, who turns out a friend of Nico’s aunt, Yara, who exactly lives in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße make it easier for Nico to find his bag and his lovely aunt in Germany.

However, instead of looking for his aunt, it turns out that Nico flies to Germany to stay away from his family. In his conversation with Max at the place where Lisa was interviewed, Nico said that he was pushed to study by his father, whereas he didn’t want to, so he chose to stay away as far as he could.

“I don’t want to study anymore, never again, I hate it”

“But?”

“But my parents want that. My father always says I have to go to college”

“Is that why you are in Germany?”

“I want to get away from home. Far away!”

The ending of this film is Nico finally meet the person who he has been looking for in Germany, Yara.

However, what will Nico do in Germany afterward?

Maybe the answer to this hanging puzzle will not be answered in the A1 series because the Deutsch Welle Germans Course produced 3 series of Nico’s weg film from A1 until B1 with 19 units per level and 4 parts per unit. Each unit consists of a short 1-2 minutes clip of story followed by many exercises (ranging from 9 to 15 pages). -Sources from reddit-

About Nico’s Weg

This German language learning film, which is set in the country itself can be said to be a visual-audio dictionary for beginners. Starring actors who are quite visible in public established a strong magnetic fields to spread the special charm of this film, especially for teenagers. The main character, Florian Wünsche, is a German actor and well known for his role as Manuel Siewert in the children soap opera Schloss Einstein. The extra cast, Charley Ann Schmutzler or as known as Lisa Brunner is a contestant in The Voice-Blind Audition 2014, actress, writer, and director, known for Weg (2014), Leroy (2007), and F Berlin (2016). And the other actors like Max, Emma, Sebastian, etc also makes this film more colorful.

Their acting for this film also seems natural. They also managed to bring out very smooth dialogues and using a simple language. Clear articulation of pronouncing Deutsch’s words make the viewer less confused to learn the meaning of the words and also completely support them to understand the story , indeed.

Other than that, this film make the viewer memorize vocabulary indirectly with a lot of repetitions of basic sentences for beginners such as: Guten Morgen, Entschuldigung, Tschuss, Auf Wiedersehen, Kein Problem, etc. This repetitions method can also make it easier for them to apply this basic learning.

Not only educate about the subject like: Possessive Pronomen, Genus / Artikle, Bestimmter und Umbestimmter, Negation Phrases, Zahlen, Berufe, Alphabet, etc. But also educate about the culture (Die Trinkkultur) such as: dressed up during winter or spring seasons, manners when we meet the other people (Like: don’t ask age, occupation, or things that shouldn’t be asked), respecting foreigners who can speak Deutsch even though they are not fluent enough, drinkking beer at informal events, and drink sparkling water instead of plain water to accompany daily activities.

A professional cinematography and the quality of sound makes this film totally memorable as a serious designed and detailed film. Not only stop on this step, DW’s company also provides the follow-up after the viewer have watched the film. This can be accessed at learngerman.dw.com. — this website is a platform for practicing Deutsch after watched Nico’s Weg series —

“The exercises are pretty comprehensive, testing your grammar, vocabulary, listening, reading, and writing. You are then grade and every unit ends with a vocabulary overview. Most also feature a grammar overview and some information about the German culture (usually tying into that episode’s theme). ” —r / German from reddit.

However, viewed from an entertainment point, this film still lacks focus in presenting the storyline. The storyline that is arranged is still fragmented and jumps from scene to scene so that the film seems like only want to present new vocabulary or subject in German without following the storyline. Other than that, there are also some unrealistic elements such as Nico, a Spanish who is fluent in German for a few days, while Salma (Yeliz Simsek) who came from Syria, Damascus have to spent a year to be able fluent speake German by Lisa’s guidance. However, returning to the starting point that this film is intended for learning, so those things are very understandable. Instead, seeing that there are more good things inside, makes this film deserve to be given recognition as the most amusingly teaching method of all the time.

Fav Words

The word “Kein Problem” will probably be my favorite word that I will say every day. The interesting form and unique pronunciation have attracted me with this simple sentence. Apart from that, “No Problem” is the word I need lately to answer a million problems.

“Entschuldigung” is ranked second in my favorite words after the word means “No Problem”. The word “Entschuldigung” is a pretty attractive for me because it sounds unique when we pronounce it. Apart from that, “Excuse me” is a simple word to show politeness.

Fav Actor

My favorite actor is Charley Ann Schmutzler. This woman who was born on June 22, 1993 has her own charm in her role as Lisa Brunner. Her stunning acting makes this movie as if it is her daily life. Her position as an aunt also impresses her with her responsibility, compassion and concern for Emma, Nico, and their friends. Her openness to new people also breaks the stigma that stranger do not always play the role of criminals.

I would highly recommend Nico’s Weg if you are a beginners in learning German. It will be very easy to understand, learn, and analyze with this learning film. Also it won’t make you bored, instead you will be entertained and educated at the same time. Apart from that, this film also doesn’t contain SARA or violence, everything is controlled in a beautiful plot.