This blogpost is dedicated to Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo of BBC Radio Five Live. I enjoy their Friday-afternoon banter and wondered if I could support them in any way. Well, there is only one thing that came to mind: I could help Mark, who always tries to pronounce names and titles correctly, to do so in German. This is an alphabetical list of Germans (and Austrians) that claim international fame. Some more, some less... By clicking on the player below each name, you will hear it pronounced in German. You can also download each file as an MP3 by right-clicking on the name and the clicking on "save as".

If you need more names - please just send me an e-mail or leave your suggestions in the comments!

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkballhaus.mp3" title="Michael Ballhaus"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkemmerich.mp3" title="Roland Emmerich"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkdonnersmarck.mp3" title="Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkherzog.mp3" title="Werner Herzog"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkhirschbiegel.mp3" title="Oliver Hirschbiegel"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkkier.mp3" title="Udo Kier"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkkretschmann.mp3" title="Thomas Kretschmann"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mklara.mp3" title="Alexandra Maria Lara"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkstahl.mp3" title="Armin Mueller-Stahl"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkpetersen.mp3" title="Wolfgang Petersen"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkpotente.mp3" title="Franka Potente"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkschweiger.mp3" title="Til Schweiger"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mktykwer.mp3" title="Tom Tykwer"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkwaltz.mp3.mp3" title="Christoph Waltz"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkwenders.mp3" title="Wim Wenders"]

[smart_track_player url="http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/pronunciation/mkzimmer.mp3" title="Hans Zimmer"]