#'ku'damm 56

[the-uncanny-dag]

Fondly remembering that time our 3rd year German teacher said "fuck it" & had us sat down watching Ku'Damm 56

[leuchtstabrebell]

Why you should watch "Ku'damm 56 - The Musical"

I promise it's good!!! My friends and me liked it so much that we saw it live several times. There are people that went there over 80 times. There is a pro-shot that you can watch for free (here)!

Why you might like it:

The music is really good. It's mostly rock with some other genres mixes in. They don't have an orchestra but a rock band instead

The main character is a well written young woman defying the society of West-Berlin in the 1950s

One of the characters is gay and the musical in general has very queer vibes. (That might be because two of the creators are gay men)

It's pretty funny with a very German sense of humour. Very dry. Also a lot of weird sayings.

It's dark but with a hopeful message at the end

The costumes, set and lighting are very creative and good, as well as the choreography.

The actors are fantastic and the characters all have a lot of depth. They're all incredibly complex.

If you like Tanz der Vampire or Elisabeth, you might also like this. It also kind of has Hamilton and SIX vibes.

Why this might not be something for you:

It's in German. (I'm working on a translation English subtitles can be found here)

It contains graphic depictions of: rape, domestic violence, sex, suicide attempts, conversion therapy, misogyny, homophobia

It contains discussions of: all of the above, abortion, the holocaust, war, trauma, infedelity, depression, suicide

One of the characters is a rapist who is portrayed kind of sympathetically. I think his whole plot-line is kind of problematic. Also, basically everyone is morally grey in this. I mean, almost all of the older characters were Nazis...

All of this said: this musical was advertised as something for the whole family and it manages to balance lighter and heavier subjects very well. Weirdly, it really captures the spirit of a lot of Germans, especially people from Berlin.

I'm probably going to make another post later where I'll talk more about the plot and the characters.

[redrosecut]

I had no idea that they actually filmed the musical of Ku'damm 56 and that it is available to stream for free until September 2025. Definitely need to put this on my watch list.

[dusuessekartoffel]

Ku'damm 56 really could have done a perfectly fine enemies to lovers storyline and instead they went with excusing rape.

[wolfivonboost]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Ku'damm 56 (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Characters: Wolfgang von Boost, Helga von Boost (mentioned) Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Suicide, Suicide, Self-Harm, Internalized Homophobia, Period-Typical Homophobia, conversion therapy Summary:

Dieses verdammte Gummiband war einfach nicht gut genug. Ein kurzes Ziepen und dann war der Schmerz wieder vorbei, aber die Gedanken, die dreckigen perversen schändlichen Gedanken, sie blieben.

[do-androids-dream-ao3acc]

Peter Plate & Ulf Leo Sommer - Ich tanz allein ft. Sandra Leitner 

😭❤️

[silentangell95]

Филми и сериали: Март

[joker1315]

Kleiner Streifzug durch die ZDF Mediathek.

Ku'damm 56

Hindert sie erst am Rausspringen aus dem fahrenden Zug und richtet dann auch gleich noch ihre Strapse. Ganz schön cool und etwas frech.

Wäre aber schon auch recht unfreundlich sich vor der Hochzeit seiner Schwester auf die Gleise zu werfen.

Die gute Frau scheint nicht die höchste Meinung von ihrem Sohn zu haben. Klingt fast so, als ob sie froh ist, ihn los zu sein.

Der Möchtegern-James Dean ist nicht nett. Ich habe ja gehofft, dass sie ihm den Kaffee anleert und ihm danach die Kanne über den Scheitel zieht. Aber dafür ist das wohl der falsche Film.

Na, immerhin glaubt ihr die Mutter. Oder auch nicht.

Wieso bis zum Ende des Abends warten? Stech ihm das Messer gleich am Anfang zwischen die Rippen. Das spart Zeit.

Sie hat tatsächlich Verwandte gefunden.

Oh, jetzt ist mir auch eingefallen, woher ich Joachim kenne. Dachte doch, dass mir die Wangenknochen bekannt vor kommen. Das ist ein Film, den ich bis jetzt nur über Gifs gesehen habe. Irgendwann muss ich den auch mal suchen.

Die andere macht mit ihrem Arzt auch den Doktor. Da wäre eine arrangierte Ehe einfacher. Müsste sie sich nicht so viel Mühe machen, den Auserwählten von sich zu überzeugen.

Glaubt er wirklich, er könne Monika noch von sich überzeugen, nach dem, was er getan hat?

Immerhin wird sie etwas selbstbewusster.

Die neuen Tanzstile sind der Mutter zu sexy, aber die Töchter drängt sie dazu sich an Männer zu schmeissen.

Jetzt hatte er seinen James Dean Moment. Hatte aber Glück und hat überlebt.

Ist schwul und wird trotzdem eifersüchtig, wenn die Frau in der Fernsehwerbung von jemand anderem geküsst wird. Die hat man gerne.

Hoffentlich ist ihr nur übel von der ganzen Flasche Sekt, die sie alleine getrunken hat.

Ihr Tanzpartner ist recht umtriebig. Aber immerhin weiss sie, dass sie ihn mit anderen teilen muss.

Es war übrigens nicht nur der Sekt.

Das habe ich schon fast gedacht, sie sieht auch ganz anders aus als ihre Schwestern.

Das sie tatsächlich auf den Vorschlag ihrer Mutter eingeht. Aber immerhin hat sie jetzt eine neue Brille. Wie gut, dass die Schauspielerin gleich schlecht sieht.

Die Töchter könnten nicht viel unglücklicher ausschauen, aber die Mutter freut sich, dass beide endlich eine gute Partie gelandet haben.

Jetzt ist er eifersüchtig. Selber hat er immer andere, aber wenn dann plötzlich eines seiner Mädchen einen anderen hat, wird er eifersüchtig.

Das war spannend. Ich bin gespannt, wie's weiter geht. Es sind doch alle Charaktere so interessant, dass man mehr über sie erfahren möchte.

[grapehyasynth]

I only made a tumblr so I dont miss any updates about obviously. Just wanted to thank you for that beautiful story (I also left a comment on ao3 ofc :))! Are you working on a new fic? Also wanted to ask if you speak german bc you reblogged some german content. Have a nice weekend!

You made a Tumblr for updates on my fic?!? I am so honored!! I hope you have been enjoying the Tumblr experience.

I'm not working on a new fic yet, but I have it on my to do list for next week to look over the ideas I've accumulated and think about what I want to do next!

And I do speak German! My dad is from Germany, his whole family lives there, and I have citizenship. I spent a semester studying in Tübingen! I think of my vocabulary as being fairly rudimentary and I have a lot of anxiety about not speaking it well, but I've been told my accent is good. I'm currently watching Ku'damm '56, partially to try to maintain/expand my German.

[shoukohime]

top five tv shows with a female main character?

Killing Eve (two female main characters even! And diversity win, they're both terrible!)

The Haunting of Bly Manor

Hotel del Luna (Jang Man-Wol is the character of all time)

My Name (I would recommend this to all Zenin Maki fans)

Ku'damm 56 (a truly excellent show about 3 sisters in West Berlin in the 1950/60s)

[lookingforfairies]

thanks for tagging me @ammargura to share my january listens! as you can see i discovered the ku'damm 56 soundtrack after seeing the musical last wednesday haha

edit: tagging @onelostseagull @sage-dream @fivefeetapart @goldday @whenispeakicrossmyfingers

[leuchtstabrebell]

hi, i commented on your post about ku'damm 56 a few days ago but i don't know if you saw it. i don't want to be annoying but could you reupload the subtitles somewhere? the old link's making me pay and i've been dying to finally understand this musical 😔

No worries, you're not being annoying and this is actually a very helpful reminder :)

I'm a bit busy at the moment with my studies, work and moving out of my childhood home - my future roommate and I have spent the past weeks just renovating the new flat (which funnily enough was build the same year the musical takes place and in the same city as wellxD) and this weekend I'll move most of my furniture.

It could take a while for me to find a solution for sharing the file with people without them having to pay but I promise I'll work on it as soon as possible. (I am very open to free file-sharing suggestions :) )

[lilacrevolution]

Hab gerade gesehen, dass es eine Aufzeichnung vom Ku'damm-56-Musical in der ZDF-Mediathek gibt. See you in 2,5 h.

[streatfeild]

@caressthosecheekbones , @little-deathly-goose and @audreythree tagged me 10 years ago, thank youuu!! <333

5 songs: When you get this, you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, publish, then send this ask/tag 10 of your favourite followers

this is gonna be hard but i‘ll try my current favs:

• D3lta - Hello

• Kovacs - He talks that shit

• Through Fire - Jar of Hearts

• Dir en Grey - Ryoujoku no ame

• basically the entire Ku'damm '56 Musical soundtrack. It‘s physically impossible for me to pick a single song, though the one i listen to on repeat the most is probably "Zügellos". Or Berlin, Berlin. Or Ich will nicht werden wie mein Vater. Who knows

Thank you again! <3 again not tagging anyone bc i‘m lazy and also most of the crew have probably done this already

[wolfivonboost]

Hello hello! here's @dysfunctional-deity with a new sideblog! If you like Ku'damm (especially Wolfi and Hans) you're in the right spot! I hope Tumblr won't keep hiding my posts, but if it does you'll just have to check this blog once in a while...

[do-androids-dream-ao3acc]

10 TV Shows

I was tagged by @rdng1230 for the "10 tv shows game", rules: add 10 gifs from your favorite shows, tag 10 people. Nice, thanks, here we go:

Shitt's Creek :)

Grimm (that gif is hilarious, but I could only find strange ones lol)

Ku'damm 56 (again, no good gifs, MAN)

Prodigal Son

9-1-1

Robin of Sherwood (Nasir! ❤️)

The Protector

The Bad Batch

Kleo

Once Upon A Time

(and many, many more...)

soft-tagging @valandhirwriter, @gleamingsilence, @breadsticksandgarlictoast, @astaldis, @blueabsinthe18, @deagle, @flyboyhan, @teamwhump, @verschlimmbesserung, @theanxiousblogger and everyone who sees this and wants to do this (and please tell me if you want to be tagged!)

... oh, and in case anybody is wondering, that The Protector gif is mine and it's not public. Tumblr just told me, I had added a work that's "hardly categorizable" to my own post. OK! 😂