les R surtout sont les plus difficiles à prononcer pour un anglo-saxon, et M. Lee s'en sort merveilleusement bien. Il était juste phénoménal cet acteur.
Das sage ich auch ab und zu, weil es mich einfach vom Druck befreit. Saying I do speak German and proceeding to make mistakes is embarrassing to most non native speakers. i bet it's also the same for Germans who aren't confident of their English or of their English accent let's say.
He speaks it with excellent tone, but there are pauses when he seeks the word. Some people's language skills are like that: excellent speakers with limited vocabulary.
Sir Christopher Lee did everything, from WWII veteran, theater, movies and even sang in a heavy metal band (Rhapsody of Fire). RIP Sir Christopher Lee.
He says he never studied or learned German, he just sang in German and played roles in German and continues to speak better German than many people who lived in Germany for decades. This man really was a legend!
That's that inner humble gentleman, he probably actually felt like his German was lacking to his standards, but they are so high that to us it sounds great.
@nullptr_t It's wrong. 1977 is the true year of the last one, actually. Search the name Hamida Djandoubi, the last prisoner to be sentenced to death and guillotined in France.
@@roipapypremierdunom4078 Dude the last public guillotining was in 1939 . In 1977 it was the last sentenced to death in France it's not the same thing
As some others have stated, he was fluent in all these languages, he has to be, since he served as both an intelligence officer to the Royal Air Force during WW2 and as an agent in the “central registry for war criminals”, essentially a post war Nazi hunter, he then went on to become an actor, this man was a true legend, he will be missed, may he rest in peace
He also fought in winter war during the 2nd world war to defend finland from the red army. Finnish people respect volunteers dearly who fought against the soviet union against unfavorable odds.
@@jimi1943 He was indeed a volunteer during the winter war, but the British volunteers were kept out from the front because during training it was found out that they didn't know how to ski. So they were tasked guard duty far from the frontlines and sent back very soon (apparently after two weeks according to Lee's memoir) after they had arrived. Doesn't diminish the appreciation towards the volunteers, though.
@@Killmanyaro yes I undestand that but finland had almost no help from the rest of the world when fighting against the soviet union. So any help they could get was valuable.
I met Sir Christopher Lee on the concourse of London Waterloo station back in 1987. I was a train guard for BR/NSE at the time and he approached me and asked if I knew which platform the next train for Shepperton would be going from. He’d just missed one so I explained and said we’d have to keep an eye on the departure board. Only 30 seconds before he came to me I’d been listening to my Sony Walkman. After explaining about the Shepperton services, he said: “I notice you were listening to music on that gadget, there. Anything good?” I told him I had been listening to Iron Maiden “Live After Death”, to which he replied: “A very fine recording and one of Iron Maiden’s best I must say.” I stood there aghast, truly. Cutting the story short he told me that he’d had a soft spot for heavy rock and metal for years and that he’d love to make his own heavy metal record one day. And do you know what, he did; a couple in fact. All about Charlemagne. Bloody good as well. We talked about music in general for a while and I discovered he loved classical and opera. He also commented on my Yorkshire accent and asked why was I down in London. I told him I’d always wanted to work on the railway and at the time the majority of jobs were in the south. “You moved down here with family?” ‘No on my own’, I explained. “Any friends?” ‘Not before I moved down here, no.’ He said I was very brave and that you should always follow your dreams. Meeting Sir Christopher Lee remains one of my most favourite happenings in my life and I shall cherish that memory until I pop my mortal coil. He was an impressive, warm, kind, humble and funny man. They’ll never be anyone like him again. May he rest in peace.
Don't forget that he is actually the guy who inspired the character of James Bond. (The writer of the 007 books was actually a cousin of Christopher Lee)
As a Spanish I must say that he spanish pronunciation and accent are really impressive, not bad at all for a british nazi-hunter, swordman, wizard, master sith, count, dentist, metalhead, dracula, actor, singer, composer, charlemagne descendent, knight of Queen Isabel II, agent from Royal Air force and intelligence secret service.
"as a spanish" is not normal English, you have to add a noun such as speaker, national, person etc. while he is very impressive, he does have British vowels in all his languages - I get that people like the sonority of that, but it is far from perfect
Glorious man. His pronunciation in French was absolutely seemless and in Spanish, while more accented, the C's which roll normally hard for any English native were as soft as any castillian. My deepest and most sincere respect, Sir Christopher Lee. Rest in peace.
that is one of the thing that impressed me the most, since usually foreigners struggle with that one... that shows how remarkable and caring for even the smallest details he was
Same in German. His pronunciation was perfect, without any accent. He pronounced the difference between s and ß perfectly, which even most Germans do not. I am truly impressed.
His German pronunciation was very good, as far as I can tell that also goes for the other languages. It’s very impressive to not only be able to be fluent in 5 languages but also nail the pronunciation. What a legend.
In my opinion, one of the last great iterations of the quintessential Renaissance Man. Well rounded in all ways. An actor, musician, experienced combat veteran, polyglot; you name it. An absolute legend.
@@Ihavehadmanynames7779 Where or when did it all go wrong? Why couldn't we catch the signs? We must've realize we were drifting to a point of being rudderless! I say we, because we all knew the signs, but we kept going deeper to a point of no return. No matter what philosophical bent you bare, a little piece of us all died on the road to purgatory. I just was wondering....was it the JFK assassination or Martin Luther King, Vietnam, 9-11? Maybe by 9-11, there was nothing worth fighting for?
Christopher Lee was literally him. He was a badass secret agent, Nazi hunter, royal Air Force, a literal Knight, an actor, musician, could speak multiple languages. Dude had so much class.
He said, his German ''isn't so good'' but he actually did the german dubbing for the evil king in ''The Last Unicorn'' in addition to the english one and his voice-acting was so good, that most people thought it was a german voice-actor and he sounds really good in this video here. In addition to these languages here, he also knew to a lesser degree, ancient Greek, Latin, Russian and Swedish.
Latin does not surprise me actually, a good chunk of the languages he knows are actually Romance languages, French, Spanish, and Italian. English also has a bunch of words derived from Latin, but idk how much that counts because he was a native English speaker
@@jtraptor7776 I sold everything I owned and went to Brasil for a year back in 2013. I was with a Brasilian woman for 9 years prior to this, but I didn't learn any BP (Brasilian Portuguese) as she spoke fluent English, but I heard a lot of it. 4 months in Brasil and I was speaking as a native and getting compliments on my pronunciation and proficiency. When I eventually and regretfully returned to Canada, Home of the Cucked, I realized I could read the French on the back of packaging.
I have. As a truck driver I was often in Britain before Brexit. At the customs in Dover there are several English speaking most perfect German, no accent at all. Every time I was there speaking to one of them I couldn't get rid of a sensational amazement feeling. How did they learn, i asked. With a smile they all said military.
It's quite likely that being able to speak perfect German was essential to staying alive at one point for him, seeing as he was in Special Operations during WWII. On the set of LOTR, Christopher Lee told Peter Jackson he had personal experience in knowing what someone stabbed in the back would sound like. @@dotconfig
As a native Spanish speaker I would love to hear him narrating the LOTR saga in this language, great pronunciation and love your accent Sir. Lee. R.I.P. gone but never forgotten.
As an Italian I find his accent so fashinating. You need time to tell he's not a native speaker , because of a slight inflection in the pronunciation, but his control of the language rhythm is perfect.
@@inquisitorwalmarius6650 in Italian he tells about his ring, that belonged to his great-grandfather, Girolamo Carandini, who was Italian. He also explains that he got his middle name "Frank" because of Girolamo's son, Francesco. P.S. Although he speaks unusually slow, his accent is so clean that one may think he's Italian
C'est incroyable comment son francais est bon, la majorité des anglos ont un français pourris, si j'aurais juste entendu sa voix, j'aurais pas deviné que c'étais lui
As an Italian I'm particularly surprised with his performances in Spanish and Italian! He was great with accents and pronunciation of course, but his phasing, the pauses and even used the figures of speech correctly. We will miss him forever.
Il secondo cognome di Christopher Lee era Carandini, da parte materna: Estelle Marie Carandini (1889-1981), nipote di Girolamo Carandini, marchese di Sarzano (1803-1870). Il 21 giugno 2004 gli è stata conferita la cittadinanza onoraria nella città di Casina, in provincia di Reggio Emilia, dove vissero i suoi antenati.
True, both his pronounciation and his inflection are perfect and the phrasing - though relatively simple - is effective and formally correct... he may very well be mistaken for a native speaker
His Spanish remarkably good. The fact is that he speaks with Castillian accent, which is EXTREMLY difficult for foreigners, and yet he speaks it like a Quijote.
He was SUCH A LEGEND! A real life James Bond, veteran of two armies (he volunteered for Finnish army during the Winter War), an extraordinary actor, the lead singer for a heavy metal band, author of several books, and a good husband and father.
Y se esforzaba por pronunciar muy bien todos esos idiomas. Qué gran cultura la que tenía. Hablar en todos esos idiomas, va más allá de sólo pronunciarlos y listo, para comunicarte, debes pensar como piensan los naturales de ese idioma, entonces este hombre, había interactuado toda su vida de esa manera con mucha gente. Conocer personas, hablar idiomas, te culturiza, te educa, te hace aprender sobre la vida, sociedad, costumbres, etc.
C' est très possible de faire tout ca. Il faut rester 1 certain temps ds 1 nation & c' est faisable. Pas 10 ans non plus. Il avait ce que j' appelle " le syndrome arménien".
I was born in Italy, and he's Italian is even purer than mine, I studied Spanish for ten years and he's pronunciation is still better than mine, what a legend
Well... he Use to be a commando of some sorts in ww2... Stabbed a couple of people... Had to get close for that... I assume you had to be good with the language the satbbed people spole too XD
What a legend! Born of half Italian nobility, Carandini, Marquis of Sarzano, on his mother's side, spoke the language beautifully Actors like him are a dying breed
“It is obvious that this contest cannot be decided by our knowledge of the force, but by our skills with a lightsaber.” My favorite quote from Count Dooku. Rest In Peace Christopher Lee.
It was nice to see him dust off his swashbuckling skills for the Star Wars franchise. He played pirates now and again in his early film career, and I was glad to see he still had the chops, so to speak.
Sempre fui fã de seu trabalho, pela sua bela voz e sua presença marcante. Grande ator que esteve além e acima do papel que o marcou, como Drácula. Agora mais ainda, pela sua cultura como poliglota. O italiano o espanhol e o francês eu entendo e ele fala perfeitamente. O alemão os comentários daqui o aprovam. Um belo homem e um grande caráter. Descanse em paz
Poliglota, espía, actor, cantante, descendiente de la nobleza, solado de excelencia, único miembro del cast de TLotR en haber conocido a Tolkein, de los pocos que vivieron para contar que presenció la última ejecución pública con guillotina en Francia... ¡Este hombre no es un hombre! ¡ES UNA PUTA LEYENDA!
@@chucknorris9667 I feel like I'm missing something. Unless like, we're talking about a cult against candy lol. But I assume we're talking about real life Christopher Lee, not his characters, so I'm still missing the context.
His spanish is quite good,he kinda struggled with the "r" pronunciation but just few times some other times he pronounces them really smoothly and he nails the spanish (from spain) accent quite good ,he sounds really classy and with his deep voice it makes him sound like a really wise old professor giving a speech.
@@Ezequiel-lh4ub Yeah although some people from my school had the same problem cuz we grew up learning french so yeah. I think I’ve gotten better at it though, but had to do it on my own.
@@lacasadelavida292 Pensé que estaba leyendo en esa parte, quizás se le intentó dar un aire anticuado al texto por ser referente a El Quijote. De todos modos, se entiende todo muy bien, un capo
@@lacasadelavida292 Auténtico? eso no existe, cualquiera que haya estudiado lingüistica básica (diferencia entre lengua y habla) lo sabe. Yo hablo la variante más inauténtica (seguramente piensas eso), la de Chile.
He actually had Italian blood too; he was descendant of noble Italian through his maternal great-grandfather who was, in fact, an Italian political refugee, Jerome Carandini, the Marquis of Sarzano, whose wife, Lee's great-grandmother, was English-born opera singer Marie Carandini...
@@mikhailabunidal9146 Thank you very much but I'm well aware of is Italian blood. I've always known it. I was just pointing out how good his Italian was.
his french is almost fluent and his accent is flawless like he was born in a french speaking country. Incredible for an englishman who is not a native nor a scholar.
Pero leer no es hablar,algo de conocimiento tiene por la manera de pronunciar las vocales y tal, pero hablar lo que es hablar, obviamente no sabe español
@@Kev_pencils Aún así sólo fueron 10 palabras que podía perfectamente haber memorizado o leído en una chuleta al lado de la cámara, como buen profesional que era y por el respeto que le tenía al público. No le estoy quitando mérito ya que, además de la cortesía, hizo el esfuerzo de intentar pronunciar correctamente, cosa que el 99% de los artistas de habla inglesa no hacen nunca. Pero de ahí a hablar el idioma hay un buen trecho. Yo, que tengo una edad como para acordarme de sus apariciones en televisión como invitado, puedo asegurar que todas sus entrevistas las hizo siempre en inglés con pinganillo de traducción simultánea. Jamás en castellano.
He even does the French and German accents well, he doesn't just sound like an Englishman speaking them in their own accent. I guess that's somewhat due to his role in some very clandestine part of World War II.
As a German - his German does have a slight accent but if I only heard him without knowing who he is or where he's from, I definitely wouldn't place him as Englishman. Maybe Southern Europe?
His Italian was incredibly impressive, the pronunciation of some words is very tricky for people speaking English as first language and he just does it greatly with no struggle
@@t3rmipvp if your mother is a native speaker of a language that definetely helps you with that language, probably he learned italian when he was a child
Hyper-intelligent, extremely cultured. Good man, thru and thru. Had a tremendous life. To speak so many languages and speak them pretty well takes a great soul. To speak other languages properly actually takes a certain strength of character along with humility.
I feel like German pronunciation is easier for native English speakers, as they're closely related. Similar to how Romance language speakers will sound more proficient when speaking French, Italian, Spanish etc
*The voice of Saruman:* “Suddenly another voice spoke, low and melodious, its very sound an enchantment. Those who listened unwarily to that voice could seldom report the words that they heard; and if they did, they wondered, for little power remained in them. Mostly they remembered only that it was a delight to hear the voice speaking, all that it said seemed wise and reasonable, and desire awoke in them by swift agreement to seem wise themselves. When others spoke they seemed harsh and uncouth by contrast; and if they gainsaid the voice, anger was kindled in the hearts of those under the spell. For some the spell lasted only while the voice spoke to the them, and when it spoke to another they smiled, as men do who see through a juggler’s trick while others gape at it. For many the sound of the voice alone was enough to hold them enthralled; but for those whom it conquered the spell endured when they were far away, and ever they heard that soft voice whispering and urging them. But none were unmoved; none rejected its pleas and its commands without an effort of mind and will, so long as its master had control of it.” - from The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
I have the feeling that he doesn't just speak these languages because he's memorized them, he knows what he's saying and understands it. This is a sign of high intelligence
I think OP is saying that he understands how to use the languages to communicate. It's one thing to pick up phrases in Duolingo. It's another to understand them in a native speaker's particular accent, and another to express yourself articulate!y. For example, the way he repeats words for emphasis and changes pitch to communicate nuance.
En tant que français je suis choqué par la qualité de son français il est impeccable et quand on voit le nombre d’autres langues qu’il parlait c’est encore plus impressionnant un grand artiste paix à son âme 🙏🏼🕊️
Read up on this guy. He was like a guy from a movie! Like James Bond. He was connected to, and met, a lot of important people. He travelled places, he has incredible war stories, He lived a life we can only see in movies. They should make a movie about his life. Very cool.
I'm Italian and his Italian accent is REALLY GOOD. He sound really close to an Italian native speaker. And, as a foreigner, he sounded very good in french and german too!
A stupendous and honourable gentleman. A Shakespearean actor, a fiercely talented man with many great accomplishments and with such a commanding presence. God bless his Legacy and may he, Sir Christopher Lee, Rest In Peace! Thank you so very much for your epicness, sir Christopher Lee!
Son accent français est absolument admirable. Certes il y a quelques problèmes de grammaire, mais franchement sa maîtrise, à côté de celle des autres langues, me semble assez folle.
Il est incroyable! Tous ces languages avec un plus que bon diction, vocabulaire et grammaire. Clairement pour les natives c'est obvious il est étranger, mais avoir ce niveau n'est pas facile
Oh wow you're actually from Spain, you said "aprendiese"... I learned there were alternate conjugations but never really knew why. I guess it's the same reason Portuguese is so different in Portugal vs. Brazil
@@Awakeningspirit20 he is wrong with his grammar, aprendiese is would have learned something that could've happened. It is actually aprendió "learned" or haya aprendido "have learned"
@@Awakeningspirit20 "Aprendiese" is the exact same as "aprendiera". It has mostly fallen out of fashion, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a regional thing. Also, even if another reply to your comment says otherwise, it's 100% perfectly correct grammar.
@@arthemas8176 el subjuntivo no expresa únicamente hechos que podrían haber ocurrido, pero no lo han hecho; expresa posibilidades. La expresión "aprendiese" es correcta en esa frase
It's one thing to learn a language, it's another thing to be fluent in it down to the language tics, regional flavors, personal intonations, and even be able to play with the language's own rules and melody. I can't tell for the other languages, but his French is astonishing.
Mi comentario sera el numero 6000 de esta bella recopilacion. del que para mi es el mas grande actor, que he visto en mi vida, Lo vi como villano de James Bond (Francisco Scaramanga), Lo vi como Saruman, Lo vi como el Conde Dooku, lo vi como Dracula, lo vi como Sherlock Holmes. Todavia me parece increible que un ser humano interpretara a tantos personajes, tan legendarios, tan diversos y con una magnificencia inigualable, era un gusto escucharlo en entrevistas tenia una erudicion prodigiosa, me hice poliglota por admiracion a el. Ademas tiene una de las historias y linajes mas impresionates de una persona en el siglo 21. Desde que era descendiente directo de Carlos Magno de Rey de Francia, Era conde en la vida real, era primo politico del creador de James Bond (Ian Fleming), fue declaro Lord en Inglaterra, era el unico del cast del señor de los anillos que conocio en persona a JRR Tolkien y un largo etc. Tenia una voz de opera esplendida que la uso multiples veces hasta en bandas de Rock. Vivio mas de 90 años, pero de lo tanto que hizo que parece que vivio mas de 200 años.
His French is impressive, sometime he make really minor mistake (more forgetting few words, than mistake) but his accent and pronounciation in just perfect !
What a life he lived. Not only did he serve in the RAF during the entire WWII, he also volunteered to serve for the Finnish in the Winter War prior to WWII.
I never knew he was an Italian too... my ancestors were Italian and I know Spanish and Portuguese, I want to learn Italian too and visit the motherland where everyone apparently looks like me haha... this would be the best experience of my life!
He spoke one of the characters in the animated movie "The Last Unicorn" (King Haggard) in the original English dub but what most people don't know, he also spoke the same character in the German dub. He also spoke Russian, Portuguese, Swahili (an African language), and three different kinds of Urdu dialects (spoken in India and Pakistan).
He spoke many more languages. His father was a diplomat and he lived in a number of countries and picked them up “easily”. While I speak five languages fluently, I am humbled by this amazing actor.
His Spanish was impressively good!!! The Spanish Rs and Js are not easy at all for the vast majority of English native speakers, and many can't avoid pronouncing the Ts in an english way. In his case, he does them all almost perfectly!! The amount of conscious effort he put into getting the correct pronunciation is downright admirable. May this genius rest in peace!
Un hombre carismático, increíblemente culto, lleno de talentos y virtudes, pero al mismo tiempo, de trato cercano, refinado, sin nada de engreimiento ni prepotencia. Un caballero, sin duda alguna.
His spanish looks odd to me, whit a thick accent, but powerful nevertheless. And he´s reading it I wish i were able to see him actually speaking like in the german interview. (I´m from Spain).
He was like the prototype for Dos Equis' "Most Interesting Man in the World". Multi-lingual, mother was a Contessa, traveled the world, distinguished war record, rumored to have been a spy, stellar acting career, recorded heavy-metal albums in his 80's, and who knows what else.
A little morbid, but this man also corrected Peter Jackson that a man does not scream when stabbed in the back, he has instead a fore-shortened breath because shock and pain suddenly stop your breathing for a moment. More of a sharp, very short gasp. The video of him talking about this is on RUclips somewhere. "Do you know how it sounds when a man is stabbed in the back, Peter? Because I do."
He speaks French with a surprisingly good accent. Such a talented man, may he rest in peace.
Yep, the way words are said is perfect...
And french is hard to pronounce well + very hard to learn. It's my first language and he nail it.
Véri ouel
Jsuis d'accord c étonnant
les R surtout sont les plus difficiles à prononcer pour un anglo-saxon, et M. Lee s'en sort merveilleusement bien. Il était juste phénoménal cet acteur.
"You will never be as amazing as Christopher Lee" is not an insult. It's a statement of fact
Just by comparing me to Sir Christopher Lee I would consider that a compliment
Saying i only have a tenth of his cool would be flattery
I'm waiting for the commenter that refutes this with fact, but it won't happen in my lifetime..
True!!!
Well I know atleast two people that can speak more than 5 languages.
I like how his deep voice can suit any language
AYe
yooo af nice to see you here.
EXACTLY
Hiiiiii
Same here. A lot of power too :3
As an Italian I can say his accent is far way beyond being good. A real legend
cosa ha detto?
serio?@@Goro_Matsu
@@Goro_MatsuWow didnt know that, thanks
@@Goro_Matsuwasn’t she specifically a noblewoman who was also a descendant of Charlemagne?
His mother was an Italian countess
“My German is not that good”
*Continues to speak fluent German.*
Legend
Truly
Das sage ich auch ab und zu, weil es mich einfach vom Druck befreit. Saying I do speak German and proceeding to make mistakes is embarrassing to most non native speakers. i bet it's also the same for Germans who aren't confident of their English or of their English accent let's say.
@@mouath_14 just say you speak german
Im a native german speaker and I sometimes make faults too it just happens no one is without mistake
Also with almost no accent whatsoever.
He speaks it with excellent tone, but there are pauses when he seeks the word. Some people's language skills are like that: excellent speakers with limited vocabulary.
We all miss him
Me too..he was legend
Si
yes me too
What he’s dead?
Same, he's dead or what?
As a German I have to say that he speaks amazingly good German. He almost has no accent and can pronounce the R
*He spoke. Sadly Sir Christopher Lee left this realm not that long ago.
IIRC he worked as a spy for the British against the Nazis and even was involved in the assassination of Heydrich
CONDE DOKU
I would assume he acquired it in the war
Er ist leider seit 2015 tot. Sehr schade da ist ein sehr talentierter und guter Schauspieler verloren gegangen.
Sir Christopher Lee did everything, from WWII veteran, theater, movies and even sang in a heavy metal band (Rhapsody of Fire). RIP Sir Christopher Lee.
No shit he sang Metal!!! Damn nothing more metal than that !!
@@kharnthebetrayer1575 Here's the link for you: ruclips.net/video/XFbPiUEA62A/видео.html
@@kharnthebetrayer1575 This is the full album ruclips.net/video/0eeRBh7fiQ4/видео.html
Thanks man, didn't know that, now that I've heard Count Dooku singing metal there will be only a couple of things that would amaze me more than that.
What a life! worth celebrating
RIP Sir Christopher Lee (May 27, 1922 - June 7, 2015), aged 93
You will be remembered as a legend.
DEP Dispache en Paz
RIF Ruhe in Frieden
Descansa en paz un grande del arte escénico RIP
Que en paz descanse, fallecio en mi cumpleaños:/
Riposa in pace
He says he never studied or learned German, he just sang in German and played roles in German and continues to speak better German than many people who lived in Germany for decades. This man really was a legend!
He even got the articles right. My teacher gets them wrong. My literal teacher XDDDD
As a German - he speaks better German than many a native German speaker.
I mean he doesn't mention how he spied the Germans in WW2
@@dariowinter7243 Bro what? Its not that difficult
@@sal1170 have ta learn it by heart I guess. To be fair, she's ukrainian, has been in Germany for like fifteen years or something, though...
Christopher Lee, one of the few humans who have lived many lifetimes during his life. What an impressive person that he was.
As a french, his pronunciation is absolutely perfect, almost like a native speaker
Same goes for His German accent free great man
c'est vrai, il est impressionant
@@potterworld2217 on dirait carrément un français qui parle, tout simplement.
@Jim Baker Il n'est vraiment pas loin d'un 10/10.
Pas du tout
WTF ... "no, no I don't speak German, not so good, no, no" ... continues to speak German freely and understandably and surprisingly good actually! :)
Dude was a spy during ww2
Modesty in Combination with witty sarcasm ;)
His German spoken here was free of any mistake, just a slight accent.
That's that inner humble gentleman, he probably actually felt like his German was lacking to his standards, but they are so high that to us it sounds great.
@@FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf He was an SAS office.
Fun fact: In addition to speaking French, Christopher Lee was also a witness to the last public guillotining in France.
Last public guillotining was in 1977, so not so long time ago. Even our grandparents and parents could have been witnesses.
@nullptr_t It's wrong. 1977 is the true year of the last one, actually. Search the name Hamida Djandoubi, the last prisoner to be sentenced to death and guillotined in France.
@@roipapypremierdunom4078 Dude the last public guillotining was in 1939 . In 1977 it was the last sentenced to death in France it's not the same thing
@@WILLIX_ Oh yes you're right, my bad.
@@WILLIX_ indeed Eugène Weidmann was the last publicly sentenced to death in 1939
As some others have stated, he was fluent in all these languages, he has to be, since he served as both an intelligence officer to the Royal Air Force during WW2 and as an agent in the “central registry for war criminals”, essentially a post war Nazi hunter, he then went on to become an actor, this man was a true legend, he will be missed, may he rest in peace
He also fought in winter war during the 2nd world war to defend finland from the red army. Finnish people respect volunteers dearly who fought against the soviet union against unfavorable odds.
@@jimi1943 He was indeed a volunteer during the winter war, but the British volunteers were kept out from the front because during training it was found out that they didn't know how to ski. So they were tasked guard duty far from the frontlines and sent back very soon (apparently after two weeks according to Lee's memoir) after they had arrived. Doesn't diminish the appreciation towards the volunteers, though.
@@Killmanyaro yes I undestand that but finland had almost no help from the rest of the world when fighting against the soviet union. So any help they could get was valuable.
I met Sir Christopher Lee on the concourse of London Waterloo station back in 1987. I was a train guard for BR/NSE at the time and he approached me and asked if I knew which platform the next train for Shepperton would be going from. He’d just missed one so I explained and said we’d have to keep an eye on the departure board. Only 30 seconds before he came to me I’d been listening to my Sony Walkman. After explaining about the Shepperton services, he said: “I notice you were listening to music on that gadget, there. Anything good?” I told him I had been listening to Iron Maiden “Live After Death”, to which he replied: “A very fine recording and one of Iron Maiden’s best I must say.” I stood there aghast, truly. Cutting the story short he told me that he’d had a soft spot for heavy rock and metal for years and that he’d love to make his own heavy metal record one day. And do you know what, he did; a couple in fact. All about Charlemagne. Bloody good as well.
We talked about music in general for a while and I discovered he loved classical and opera. He also commented on my Yorkshire accent and asked why was I down in London. I told him I’d always wanted to work on the railway and at the time the majority of jobs were in the south. “You moved down here with family?” ‘No on my own’, I explained. “Any friends?” ‘Not before I moved down here, no.’ He said I was very brave and that you should always follow your dreams.
Meeting Sir Christopher Lee remains one of my most favourite happenings in my life and I shall cherish that memory until I pop my mortal coil. He was an impressive, warm, kind, humble and funny man. They’ll never be anyone like him again. May he rest in peace.
that is an impressive story. how interesting
Lucky you
Very beautiful!
Que maravilla!!!!!
Such a Beautiful history !
From War Veteran, to Dracula, to Dooku, to "Lollipops" this man had quite the life.
Don't forget Saruman in The Lord of The Rings !
If life were a game, he 100%'ed it.
Not to mention he's a descendant of Charle Magne.
Don't forget that he is actually the guy who inspired the character of James Bond. (The writer of the 007 books was actually a cousin of Christopher Lee)
"Caramels. They'd get stuck in your braces, wouldn't they."
-Christopher Lee
As a Spanish I must say that he spanish pronunciation and accent are really impressive, not bad at all for a british nazi-hunter, swordman, wizard, master sith, count, dentist, metalhead, dracula, actor, singer, composer, charlemagne descendent, knight of Queen Isabel II, agent from Royal Air force and intelligence secret service.
Hi is the man with the golden gun 🥵🥵🥵
"as a spanish" is not normal English, you have to add a noun such as speaker, national, person etc.
while he is very impressive, he does have British vowels in all his languages - I get that people like the sonority of that, but it is far from perfect
The only thing of note was his use of "perro" en vez de "pero". Rolling the 'r' means dog.
and a would be Quixote
It's really good but you can immediately tell that he's not 100% comfortable with it as a native speaker would
He also spoke russian, portuguese, swahili and three urdu-dialects. He is a legend.
Swedish and Finnish as well, I have seen interviews where he did that
Also polish, czech and slovak
Damn! Really? I'm stuck at 2.
He also spoke Japanese, Alien and 12 made up languages...and Elvish.
Goddamn!!!
Glorious man. His pronunciation in French was absolutely seemless and in Spanish, while more accented, the C's which roll normally hard for any English native were as soft as any castillian. My deepest and most sincere respect, Sir Christopher Lee. Rest in peace.
that is one of the thing that impressed me the most, since usually foreigners struggle with that one... that shows how remarkable and caring for even the smallest details he was
What do you mean the C roll normally hard? He just pronounced them with a TH sound as exists in English. It’s not a foreign sound to English speakers
Same in German. His pronunciation was perfect, without any accent. He pronounced the difference between s and ß perfectly, which even most Germans do not. I am truly impressed.
He spoke Italian so well… rip to this legend
he's a legend indeed, but that italian was far from perfect
@@mastrobottega_enf ma la pronuncia è veramente ottima se bisogna paragonarlo all’italiano di molti altri attori esteri
@@mastrobottega_enf ha una pronuncia assolutamente fantastica O_O becca tutti gli accenti
Christopher Lee Carandini era di origini italiane da parte di madre e il comune di Casina ( RE ) gli ha conferito la cittadinanza onoraria.
@@mastrobottega_enf Se fai una media del modo in cui altri attori non nativi parlano non è male.
Non è perfetto, ma è comunque un buon estratto.
This guy is a legend. Survived fighting in WW2, played so many iconic roles including so many villians, and was even capable of speaking 5 languages
he and Connery played in the same movie. 007 the man with the golden gun. a must watch if you are fan of just one of the 2.
@@inquisitorwalmarius6650 hell he was the cousin of Ian Fleming the writer and creator of James Bond
He was in a metal band too
@@inquisitorwalmarius6650 actually Roger Moore played Bond in the man with the golden gun not Sean Connery
@@ArkhamKnight-uj6ww really, i was positive it was connery.
The italian camera man zoomed in on his hands to showcase the authenticity of his ability to speak Italian.
His German pronunciation was very good, as far as I can tell that also goes for the other languages.
It’s very impressive to not only be able to be fluent in 5 languages but also nail the pronunciation.
What a legend.
Theres a reason for that
He spoke Haggard in the German version of Last Unicorn as well.
Wtf. He's amazing.
His spanish is so so... I'm not sure if he could speak by his own, more than at basic level.
And grammar!
Definitivamente es un actor que hace mucha falta. Descanse en paz, Christopher Lee.
Gente así debería de ser inmortal
Sir lord Christopher lee..... insolente jajajajajajajajaj
Aun que se acabe el año, todavia sigue siendo inmortal, 100 años tiene.
Era una leyenda. Siempre me encantaba verlo en pantalla.
@@andresrodriguez6028 Epaaaaaaaa ahí, Sir Lord Count Christopher Lee
In my opinion, one of the last great iterations of the quintessential Renaissance Man. Well rounded in all ways. An actor, musician, experienced combat veteran, polyglot; you name it. An absolute legend.
Even wrote a metal album about Charlemagne. Such an awesome person he was
You forgot knight, descendant of Charlemagne and heavy metal legend 😉
Life was taken more seriously back then. Nowadays they just think shit falls into place on it’s own. Instant gratification is your worst enemy
@@SplendidFellow I really thought he wrote a song about Charlemagne the singer for a hot minute until i realized lmfao.
@@Ihavehadmanynames7779 Where or when did it all go wrong? Why couldn't we catch the signs? We must've realize we were drifting to a point of being rudderless! I say we, because we all knew the signs, but we kept going deeper to a point of no return. No matter what philosophical bent you bare, a little piece of us all died on the road to purgatory. I just was wondering....was it the JFK assassination or Martin Luther King, Vietnam, 9-11? Maybe by 9-11, there was nothing worth fighting for?
Christopher Lee was literally him. He was a badass secret agent, Nazi hunter, royal Air Force, a literal Knight, an actor, musician, could speak multiple languages. Dude had so much class.
And a wizard and a former jedi knight!
He said, his German ''isn't so good'' but he actually did the german dubbing for the evil king in ''The Last Unicorn'' in addition to the english one and his voice-acting was so good, that most people thought it was a german voice-actor and he sounds really good in this video here.
In addition to these languages here, he also knew to a lesser degree, ancient Greek, Latin, Russian and Swedish.
didn't he all of his german dubbing by himself?
@@CathrineMacNiel No the most movies Has voice actors
Latin does not surprise me actually, a good chunk of the languages he knows are actually Romance languages, French, Spanish, and Italian. English also has a bunch of words derived from Latin, but idk how much that counts because he was a native English speaker
@@jtraptor7776 I sold everything I owned and went to Brasil for a year back in 2013. I was with a Brasilian woman for 9 years prior to this, but I didn't learn any BP (Brasilian Portuguese) as she spoke fluent English, but I heard a lot of it.
4 months in Brasil and I was speaking as a native and getting compliments on my pronunciation and proficiency. When I eventually and regretfully returned to Canada, Home of the Cucked, I realized I could read the French on the back of packaging.
He also played the investigator in some German Edgar Wallace movies in the 60s.
rarely in my life have I heard a non-native German speaker speak such perfectly pronounced German. what a legend.
I have. As a truck driver I was often in Britain before Brexit. At the customs in Dover there are several English speaking most perfect German, no accent at all. Every time I was there speaking to one of them I couldn't get rid of a sensational amazement feeling.
How did they learn, i asked. With a smile they all said military.
makes a lot if sense, thanks for the share. i could well imagine that sir lee also got his german training from the military@@wonderfalg
It's quite likely that being able to speak perfect German was essential to staying alive at one point for him, seeing as he was in Special Operations during WWII. On the set of LOTR, Christopher Lee told Peter Jackson he had personal experience in knowing what someone stabbed in the back would sound like. @@dotconfig
As a native Spanish speaker I would love to hear him narrating the LOTR saga in this language, great pronunciation and love your accent Sir. Lee. R.I.P. gone but never forgotten.
I can say the same as a Frenchman, his French was excellent, you could tell he truly understood and respected the language just from the way he spoke.
@@haaxeu6501 same for his German. He didn't have an accent at all
@@MrTriple3D most french people don’t even respect their own language lmao
bro he dead
@@MrTriple3D what did French people do to you? talk to someone
As an Italian I find his accent so fashinating. You need time to tell he's not a native speaker , because of a slight inflection in the pronunciation, but his control of the language rhythm is perfect.
English: "thank you for this award"
German: "so about this movie..."
French: "There were these 5 girls I knew and they were all extremely beautiful"
spanish was a reading of don quixote if im not all wrong. i really want to know what he said in spanish and italian
@@inquisitorwalmarius6650
In spanish at the end: "Thank you very much for this honor. I hope to be with you soon."
@@inquisitorwalmarius6650 in Italian he tells about his ring, that belonged to his great-grandfather, Girolamo Carandini, who was Italian. He also explains that he got his middle name "Frank" because of Girolamo's son, Francesco.
P.S. Although he speaks unusually slow, his accent is so clean that one may think he's Italian
@@inquisitorwalmarius6650 indeed, it was from don quixote de la mancha
@@neon_o7 sono italiano ma non si capisce una mazza
His French is great ! Almost sounds like a native speaker.
Same with his german
if i remember good i read somewhere that he was from the same bloodline(don't know the english words for "arbre généalogique") of Charlemagne
I believe he lived in France for some period of time.
Almost? Why almost?
@@thetruth7604 He was a direct descendant in terms of his Bloodline.
As a French guy, I was flabbergasted. It's like he lived here his whole life. 😳 He should be a model for every language-learner out there.
He sadly passed away a while ago
Quand z'elles avaient quatre-vingt-cinq et plus ... :)
@@UnfamiliarPlace T'as déjà entendu un british lambda parler Français? Lui il n'a aucun accent, c'est incroyable.
C'est incroyable comment son francais est bon, la majorité des anglos ont un français pourris, si j'aurais juste entendu sa voix, j'aurais pas deviné que c'étais lui
Il a un peu la voix de Chirac je trouve, c'est marrant
Not only he knows all these languages but he also nails the accents! Massive respects!
As an Italian I'm particularly surprised with his performances in Spanish and Italian! He was great with accents and pronunciation of course, but his phasing, the pauses and even used the figures of speech correctly.
We will miss him forever.
Il secondo cognome di Christopher Lee era Carandini, da parte materna: Estelle Marie Carandini (1889-1981), nipote di Girolamo Carandini, marchese di Sarzano (1803-1870). Il 21 giugno 2004 gli è stata conferita la cittadinanza onoraria nella città di Casina, in provincia di Reggio Emilia, dove vissero i suoi antenati.
bravissimo davvero
True, both his pronounciation and his inflection are perfect and the phrasing - though relatively simple - is effective and formally correct... he may very well be mistaken for a native speaker
@@CandiesAintMe He's half Italian on his mother's side, who picked up his Italian from. He has cousins in Italy.
His accent in both Italian and Spanish is great. He speaks both with certain regional tones, and makes both sound elegant and powerful. What a legend!
His Spanish remarkably good. The fact is that he speaks with Castillian accent, which is EXTREMLY difficult for foreigners, and yet he speaks it like a Quijote.
He said "Justicia" Better than i have ever done, and i'm latin american lol.
Exactly. His pronunciation is perfect
It is
@@pimpogluti7951 purest is a word with bad connotations, imho people in Spain butcher Spanish as much as Latin Americans.
Ehhh, his "r"s are too hard. He pronounces soft r as hard r without distinction. Still, a very valiant and worthy effort
He was SUCH A LEGEND! A real life James Bond, veteran of two armies (he volunteered for Finnish army during the Winter War), an extraordinary actor, the lead singer for a heavy metal band, author of several books, and a good husband and father.
Didn't know he fought on our side too (I'm a finn), now I have something to brag about, haha
@Freddie Krueger Dooku too
He witnessed the last public execution by guillotine
And he had the opportunity to marry into Swedish royalty
Absolutely unstoppable
@@thomasnolastname8734 He is also a descending of Charlemagne.
Y se esforzaba por pronunciar muy bien todos esos idiomas. Qué gran cultura la que tenía. Hablar en todos esos idiomas, va más allá de sólo pronunciarlos y listo, para comunicarte, debes pensar como piensan los naturales de ese idioma, entonces este hombre, había interactuado toda su vida de esa manera con mucha gente. Conocer personas, hablar idiomas, te culturiza, te educa, te hace aprender sobre la vida, sociedad, costumbres, etc.
Idioma que hablaba idioma en el que mantenia la elegancia en su voz...... Lo extrañamos... 😢
Esa capacidad ya se trae, es mas esta en un hemisferio del cerebro es mas activo.
C' est très possible de faire tout ca. Il faut rester 1 certain temps ds 1 nation & c' est faisable. Pas 10 ans non plus. Il avait ce que j' appelle " le syndrome arménien".
I was born in Italy, and he's Italian is even purer than mine, I studied Spanish for ten years and he's pronunciation is still better than mine, what a legend
He is part italian, so that helps.
Habla muy bien español, parece un personaje malvado de alguna película de Caballeros Medievales 😂
*His
@@JP_MaxSoy mexicano-americano. El español castellano de el prácticamente tiene nada de accento.
You should study english for 10 years as well, might learn the difference between "he's" and "his".
As a German, I’m quite surprised how naturally German he speaks.
Christopher Lee will always be one of the most legendary actors of all time
he spoke king hagard in das letzte einhorn ;) in der deutschen version
@@chrisvongorstinger2142 ohh, how fascinating, I believe I saw that one on tv, but never fully, was a long time tho
Well... he Use to be a commando of some sorts in ww2...
Stabbed a couple of people...
Had to get close for that...
I assume you had to be good with the language the satbbed people spole too XD
sameee
then theres äkkzähntß v?v
but still one of the best... pröbäbblie ´the one ive heRD ^ ^
Of course he can speak a bunch of languages he's a wizard.
and a sith lord
and a vampire
Zlatan Ibrahimovic too
love your pfp :-)
And an assassin
His german is impressive. He says he cant speak it well but speaks it fluently and almost sounds like a native. Rip legend
Lies again? Python Language
His french is impressive too tbh
“My language skills have doubled since the last time we met, Count”
What a legend!
Born of half Italian nobility, Carandini, Marquis of Sarzano, on his mother's side, spoke the language beautifully
Actors like him are a dying breed
I never knew about the nobility stuff, that’s really neat.
@@drakesmith471 he is a certified descendant of Charle magne, they even lookalike
@@johnnyfrolicsome664 WTF does that mean?
Also he’s the count of Serenno
@@minkorrh Charlemagne the king/Emperor of the Franks
Lo que mas me gusta es que pone un gran esfuerzo por pronunciar correctamente todos los idiomas. Me encanta este hombre.
“It is obvious that this contest cannot be decided by our knowledge of the force, but by our skills with a lightsaber.”
My favorite quote from Count Dooku. Rest In Peace Christopher Lee.
It was nice to see him dust off his swashbuckling skills for the Star Wars franchise. He played pirates now and again in his early film career, and I was glad to see he still had the chops, so to speak.
It is obvious that this contest cannot be decided by our skills with a lightsaber, but by our knowledge of the lenguages
May the force be with him and with you
"My power are doubled since the last time we've met Count.."
Sempre fui fã de seu trabalho, pela sua bela voz e sua presença marcante. Grande ator que esteve além e acima do papel que o marcou, como Drácula. Agora mais ainda, pela sua cultura como poliglota. O italiano o espanhol e o francês eu entendo e ele fala perfeitamente. O alemão os comentários daqui o aprovam. Um belo homem e um grande caráter. Descanse em paz
Poliglota, espía, actor, cantante, descendiente de la nobleza, solado de excelencia, único miembro del cast de TLotR en haber conocido a Tolkein, de los pocos que vivieron para contar que presenció la última ejecución pública con guillotina en Francia... ¡Este hombre no es un hombre! ¡ES UNA PUTA LEYENDA!
You forgot occultist.
@@lulumoon6942 when was he occultist?
@@trickytreyperfected1482 in the movie "Charlie and the chocolate factory"
@@chucknorris9667 I feel like I'm missing something.
Unless like, we're talking about a cult against candy lol. But I assume we're talking about real life Christopher Lee, not his characters, so I'm still missing the context.
@@trickytreyperfected1482 you better dont know it then
His spanish is quite good,he kinda struggled with the "r" pronunciation but just few times some other times he pronounces them really smoothly and he nails the spanish (from spain) accent quite good ,he sounds really classy and with his deep voice it makes him sound like a really wise old professor giving a speech.
@@vale.may. Bueno eso ya suele ser cuestiones que deben tratarse a temprana edad ,pero por lo general no debiera ser asi.
@@Ezequiel-lh4ub Yeah although some people from my school had the same problem cuz we grew up learning french so yeah. I think I’ve gotten better at it though, but had to do it on my own.
And his "ch" sounded more like "sh"
yea is truth i mean no no es perfecto pero para no ser nativo se escucha bastante bien
Ojalá Cristopher Lee fuera mi profe
His Spanish is fantastic, way better than I thought he’d be. What an absolute legend he was.
@@lacasadelavida292 Pensé que estaba leyendo en esa parte, quizás se le intentó dar un aire anticuado al texto por ser referente a El Quijote. De todos modos, se entiende todo muy bien, un capo
@@lacasadelavida292 have you never mispronounced anything in your life?
@@lacasadelavida292 Auténtico? eso no existe, cualquiera que haya estudiado lingüistica básica (diferencia entre lengua y habla) lo sabe. Yo hablo la variante más inauténtica (seguramente piensas eso), la de Chile.
Dude he was just reading a text.
I'm confused, he isn't allowed to make a mistake? He still spoke well.@@lacasadelavida292
Este hombre fue un genio en todos los idiomas.
Que Dios lo tenga en la gloria
Perfect italian, I had no idea he could speak it so well
He actually had Italian blood too; he was descendant of noble Italian through his maternal great-grandfather who was, in fact, an Italian political refugee, Jerome Carandini, the Marquis of Sarzano, whose wife, Lee's great-grandmother, was English-born opera singer Marie Carandini...
@@Neko.Yashi_74
Hence his mom's last name Carandini which is Italian
@@mikhailabunidal9146 Thank you very much but I'm well aware of is Italian blood. I've always known it. I was just pointing out how good his Italian was.
Other than an accent, what screams, “Italian isn't my first language”?
@@Neko.Yashi_74
You're very welcome 😊
And not only that , his appearance was very Italian looking
His Spanish sounds powerful.
El eterrrrno caballero...!
INDIANS WANTS DOLLAR FALLING DOWN
A great voice adequate for the subject he was speaking about (El Quijote)
When he talks in spanish all I hear is Saruman casting a spell
He can even speak gibberish and still sound powerful and dignified.
his french is almost fluent and his accent is flawless like he was born in a french speaking country. Incredible for an englishman who is not a native nor a scholar.
Same with his german.
Only difference between him and a frenchman was that he wasn't an insufferable ass!
@@Luggi83 same with his italian.
somewhat same with his spanish
That´s true, i dont now how a person can talk so many language with a natural accent... magnifique
His French is absolutely superb. Very slight accent and this deep voice ... 😍
Incroyable.. on peine à deviner qu'il soit non-francophone.
When he speaks Italian/Spanish it looks like he's casting spells lmao
Sabes el significado de la palabra "weon"
Weon
😅
@@francoisnain6577 no
And you?
Ahahah that's true lol 🙈🤣
Como español debo decir que leyó y pronunció muy bien las palabras, un hombre brillante.
Pero leer no es hablar,algo de conocimiento tiene por la manera de pronunciar las vocales y tal, pero hablar lo que es hablar, obviamente no sabe español
@@Master_II pero te consta que al final, en el últiml video, estaba leyendo?
@@Kev_pencils ???? Yo he visto este vídeo y ya está XD
@@Master_II perdón, me refería a la última parte del montaje. Hay otra grabación donde le habla a la cámara.
@@Kev_pencils Aún así sólo fueron 10 palabras que podía perfectamente haber memorizado o leído en una chuleta al lado de la cámara, como buen profesional que era y por el respeto que le tenía al público. No le estoy quitando mérito ya que, además de la cortesía, hizo el esfuerzo de intentar pronunciar correctamente, cosa que el 99% de los artistas de habla inglesa no hacen nunca. Pero de ahí a hablar el idioma hay un buen trecho.
Yo, que tengo una edad como para acordarme de sus apariciones en televisión como invitado, puedo asegurar que todas sus entrevistas las hizo siempre en inglés con pinganillo de traducción simultánea. Jamás en castellano.
Well language skills comes in handy when you where the real life James Bond
In fact - He would have been a Great James Bond !
@@HartmutJagerArt he was James Bond.. Ian Fleming is his cousin and based James bond on Christophers life as a agent
@@mullaoslo - Yes, I've heard about that too. Fact and fictions often mix - to various degrees of success. -
great comment :)
Really he was like James Bond in several times of his live, if i not mistaken he was former on the SAS in WW2.
I’m french and he speaks very Well !!!
His french was excellent. He had perfect diction and excellent "r" pronunciation.
The "r" is so very different in languages like English, German and French, yet he nailed all of them. Absolute legend.
Never heard anybody who isn't a native speak french that well. He had the intonations almost perfect
@@nessa-parmentier well the grammar was not very good, but it sounded near perfect to me.
I’m half French and his accent is definitely better than mine 😅
@@amaurythewarrior Il fait aucune faute de grammaire ?
Il a un super accent français, c'est incroyable. Quel personnage ! Un grand homme, assurément.
He even does the French and German accents well, he doesn't just sound like an Englishman speaking them in their own accent. I guess that's somewhat due to his role in some very clandestine part of World War II.
As a french, I can confirm his French prononciation is almost perfect. I’m impressed, I even know french people who do no speak as good as this.
As a German - his German does have a slight accent but if I only heard him without knowing who he is or where he's from, I definitely wouldn't place him as Englishman. Maybe Southern Europe?
@@veladarney yeah his german is very good, but yeah southern sounding
@@derkerlmann67 bro your pdp lmao !!!
@@user-yb5bj7fg5q what about it?
The memory that it requires to speak 5 completely different languages. Astounding
His Italian was incredibly impressive, the pronunciation of some words is very tricky for people speaking English as first language and he just does it greatly with no struggle
He was half italian
@@gage6355 the fact that he was half italian dosn't help him with the language XD
@@t3rmipvp if your mother is a native speaker of a language that definetely helps you with that language, probably he learned italian when he was a child
@@gage6355 it depends it's not always like that
He learned Italian as a child from his mother, an Italian Countessa of the Papal Nobility.
Hyper-intelligent, extremely cultured. Good man, thru and thru. Had a tremendous life.
To speak so many languages and speak them pretty well takes a great soul. To speak other languages properly actually takes a certain strength of character along with humility.
His German actually sounds close to native. Really impressive, haven't seen many people do that, even when they have lived in Germany for a long time.
I feel like German pronunciation is easier for native English speakers, as they're closely related. Similar to how Romance language speakers will sound more proficient when speaking French, Italian, Spanish etc
His Spanish is very good, the accent is obvious but perfectly comprehensible. Impresive.
*The voice of Saruman:*
“Suddenly another voice spoke, low and melodious, its very sound an enchantment. Those who listened unwarily to that voice could seldom report the words that they heard; and if they did, they wondered, for little power remained in them. Mostly they remembered only that it was a delight to hear the voice speaking, all that it said seemed wise and reasonable, and desire awoke in them by swift agreement to seem wise themselves. When others spoke they seemed harsh and uncouth by contrast; and if they gainsaid the voice, anger was kindled in the hearts of those under the spell. For some the spell lasted only while the voice spoke to the them, and when it spoke to another they smiled, as men do who see through a juggler’s trick while others gape at it. For many the sound of the voice alone was enough to hold them enthralled; but for those whom it conquered the spell endured when they were far away, and ever they heard that soft voice whispering and urging them. But none were unmoved; none rejected its pleas and its commands without an effort of mind and will, so long as its master had control of it.”
- from The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
The fact you got that quote down to every word shows how much of a fan you really are. Bravo!
Still you will never be as amazing as Christopher Lee
It’s impressive how well he can speak each language
he could*
@@Entasis5555 He's alive in videos, so "he can" ;)
@@Schmorgus he's alive in video lol are you 5?
@@Entasis5555 I assume you are about double that, since you're going there.
His Spanish isn't too good, but the rest are great!
I have the feeling that he doesn't just speak these languages because he's memorized them, he knows what he's saying and understands it. This is a sign of high intelligence
He was a former agent of the MI6 so he definitely had a big IQ.
That.. is how languages work?
Uhhh what
I think OP is saying that he understands how to use the languages to communicate. It's one thing to pick up phrases in Duolingo. It's another to understand them in a native speaker's particular accent, and another to express yourself articulate!y. For example, the way he repeats words for emphasis and changes pitch to communicate nuance.
@@AzariahWolf yes, that's why ypu can't learn a language at school or through some app
Is there anything that this man hasn't done or learned? He really was a Legend!
Christopher Lee is one of the few people who is a complete and utter legend in pretty much every way possible.
Rest in Peace
Was , he is dead
@@VenusEvan_1885 years ago
En tant que français je suis choqué par la qualité de son français il est impeccable et quand on voit le nombre d’autres langues qu’il parlait c’est encore plus impressionnant un grand artiste paix à son âme 🙏🏼🕊️
Read up on this guy. He was like a guy from a movie! Like James Bond. He was connected to, and met, a lot of important people. He travelled places, he has incredible war stories, He lived a life we can only see in movies. They should make a movie about his life. Very cool.
iirc he straight up INSPIRED James Bond
@@jamaldeep13 True. He met the James Bond author. Didn't he? Or distant relative or something like that?
He was even in a Bond movie!
Who should play him?
If I am mistaken he and McKellin were the only LODR cast members who had the honor of meeting Tolkins
Awesome & Fascinating 😮😊
I'm Italian and his Italian accent is REALLY GOOD. He sound really close to an Italian native speaker. And, as a foreigner, he sounded very good in french and german too!
A stupendous and honourable gentleman. A Shakespearean actor, a fiercely talented man with many great accomplishments and with such a commanding presence. God bless his Legacy and may he, Sir Christopher Lee, Rest In Peace! Thank you so very much for your epicness, sir Christopher Lee!
Son accent français est absolument admirable. Certes il y a quelques problèmes de grammaire, mais franchement sa maîtrise, à côté de celle des autres langues, me semble assez folle.
Il s’en sort franchement bien en allemand aussi
Il parle bien l'italien assi
Même Jane Birkin qui est en France depuis 54 ans parle moins bien que lui parlait 🤣
Il est incroyable! Tous ces languages avec un plus que bon diction, vocabulaire et grammaire. Clairement pour les natives c'est obvious il est étranger, mais avoir ce niveau n'est pas facile
Increíble la habilidad de Christopher Lee, una gran actor y ser humano, *El hombre con la pistola de Oro* ha dejado un gran legado
I can't believe how much of himself he brings into each language, his personalities are so consistent.
What a remarkable person he was! A true genius! It's a blessing that he lived such a long life and left us so many good films!
His accent is incredible. Both in French and Italian it is actually great to hear
In French he almost sounds like Jean Rochefort, it's amazing
The more I learn about Sir Christopher Lee, the more I'm convinced that he was, without a doubt, the most interesting man of all time.
A legendary gentleman. As a Spanish, I say: Gracias señor Lee, es un honor que aprendiese a hablar mi lengua. Descanse en paz leyenda.
Oh wow you're actually from Spain, you said "aprendiese"... I learned there were alternate conjugations but never really knew why. I guess it's the same reason Portuguese is so different in Portugal vs. Brazil
@@Awakeningspirit20 It's just a complex language, and don't let me start on dialects.
@@Awakeningspirit20 he is wrong with his grammar, aprendiese is would have learned something that could've happened. It is actually aprendió "learned" or haya aprendido "have learned"
@@Awakeningspirit20 "Aprendiese" is the exact same as "aprendiera". It has mostly fallen out of fashion, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a regional thing. Also, even if another reply to your comment says otherwise, it's 100% perfectly correct grammar.
@@arthemas8176 el subjuntivo no expresa únicamente hechos que podrían haber ocurrido, pero no lo han hecho; expresa posibilidades. La expresión "aprendiese" es correcta en esa frase
Dude is literally a badass
Rip Christopher lee
It's one thing to learn a language, it's another thing to be fluent in it down to the language tics, regional flavors, personal intonations, and even be able to play with the language's own rules and melody. I can't tell for the other languages, but his French is astonishing.
his German is also
all i can say in german is "ich mag kartofeln"
His Spanish is superb as well
His Italian is very good. Then again, he is of Italian descent and perhaps speaks it with family members.
Mi comentario sera el numero 6000 de esta bella recopilacion. del que para mi es el mas grande actor, que he visto en mi vida, Lo vi como villano de James Bond (Francisco Scaramanga), Lo vi como Saruman, Lo vi como el Conde Dooku, lo vi como Dracula, lo vi como Sherlock Holmes. Todavia me parece increible que un ser humano interpretara a tantos personajes, tan legendarios, tan diversos y con una magnificencia inigualable, era un gusto escucharlo en entrevistas tenia una erudicion prodigiosa, me hice poliglota por admiracion a el. Ademas tiene una de las historias y linajes mas impresionates de una persona en el siglo 21. Desde que era descendiente directo de Carlos Magno de Rey de Francia, Era conde en la vida real, era primo politico del creador de James Bond (Ian Fleming), fue declaro Lord en Inglaterra, era el unico del cast del señor de los anillos que conocio en persona a JRR Tolkien y un largo etc. Tenia una voz de opera esplendida que la uso multiples veces hasta en bandas de Rock. Vivio mas de 90 años, pero de lo tanto que hizo que parece que vivio mas de 200 años.
Amazing comment. Christopher lee was such a legend.
Descanse en paz, conde Dooku... Que la fuerza lo acompañe
His French is impressive, sometime he make really minor mistake (more forgetting few words, than mistake) but his accent and pronounciation in just perfect !
as a frenchy myself, i agree ;)
His accent wasn't "perfect" mdr
il a juste un peu de mal avec le masculin et le féminin des mots , mais sa prononciation et son accent sont bluffants .
@@neemanewsextras Frère, tu vas pas venir pinaillés quand la France en elle même à plein d'accent différent...
Woaw, juste, woaw. Je le savais polyglotte, mais je ne m'attendais pas à ça.
What a life he lived. Not only did he serve in the RAF during the entire WWII, he also volunteered to serve for the Finnish in the Winter War prior to WWII.
U mean during? The winter war happened winter 1939-40
@@thecalmclone2813 Yeah, of course. I keep forgetting the Phony war was actually WW2. Sorry, Poland!
@@fyivid
Lol,ye nothing important happened there except the sinking of courageous and royal oak
Gone but not forgotten, long live Christopher Lee 🌹🕊️
I'll speak for the Italian here : absolutely brilliant. He also has such a noble tone. I wish many Italians could speak like him
Mica lo chiamavano Conte Dooku per nulla...
Curumo, Saruman!
He also descends from an Italian noble family on his maternal side (House of Carandini) 😅
I never knew he was an Italian too... my ancestors were Italian and I know Spanish and Portuguese, I want to learn Italian too and visit the motherland where everyone apparently looks like me haha... this would be the best experience of my life!
vero
He spoke one of the characters in the animated movie "The Last Unicorn" (King Haggard) in the original English dub but what most people don't know, he also spoke the same character in the German dub. He also spoke Russian, Portuguese, Swahili (an African language), and three different kinds of Urdu dialects (spoken in India and Pakistan).
He spoke many more languages. His father was a diplomat and he lived in a number of countries and picked them up “easily”. While I speak five languages fluently, I am humbled by this amazing actor.
What languages do you speak?
I speak English as my primary but know phrases in German,French and Japanese. I am highly humbled by this man
His Spanish was impressively good!!! The Spanish Rs and Js are not easy at all for the vast majority of English native speakers, and many can't avoid pronouncing the Ts in an english way. In his case, he does them all almost perfectly!! The amount of conscious effort he put into getting the correct pronunciation is downright admirable. May this genius rest in peace!
Un hombre carismático, increíblemente culto, lleno de talentos y virtudes, pero al mismo tiempo, de trato cercano, refinado, sin nada de engreimiento ni prepotencia. Un caballero, sin duda alguna.
His spanish sounds like a professor in university.
As a Spanish speaking dude, I can confirm.
His spanish looks odd to me, whit a thick accent, but powerful nevertheless. And he´s reading it I wish i were able to see him actually speaking like in the german interview. (I´m from Spain).
He literally sounds like my Spanish professor lol
He sounds like Anton Ego from Ratatouille in the Latin American version!
He has a German accent when he speaks Spanish.
He was like the prototype for Dos Equis' "Most Interesting Man in the World". Multi-lingual, mother was a Contessa, traveled the world, distinguished war record, rumored to have been a spy, stellar acting career, recorded heavy-metal albums in his 80's, and who knows what else.
The only person who meet JRR Tolkien in the set of lord of the rings x)
A little morbid, but this man also corrected Peter Jackson that a man does not scream when stabbed in the back, he has instead a fore-shortened breath because shock and pain suddenly stop your breathing for a moment. More of a sharp, very short gasp.
The video of him talking about this is on RUclips somewhere.
"Do you know how it sounds when a man is stabbed in the back, Peter? Because I do."
@@danielstephens1185 Thank you for that. It adds another dimension to the man's already complex mistique, and I will remember it.
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0:28 German
1:12 French
1:43 Italian
2:23 Spanish