PETER USTINOV - Unforgettable !

[alwyndixon]

EpicChrissy, I'm guessing you're an American. Ignorant peasant

[lkijju]

EpicChrissy, grow up and unphilistine yourself before you make comments.

[lmrs2]

! Arda, Roma !!!!!.... que maravilla de actor..!!!!!

Nunca se interpretó mejor...... la locura de un Cesar.....

De nombre,....... Peter Ustinov..... playando en el corazón....

a una mente perversa, que se llamara ,, Neron...

[EpicChrissy]

what the hell is this shit?

[JMCJEEP]

@EpicChrissy Maybe you should get an education 'Chrissy' before you mouth of and display your ignorance. Wikipedia is your friend.

[Cool2BCeltic]

A fine, fine man.

[Cool2BCeltic]

According to Sir Peter, I speak German "quite skillfully". This was one of his last sppeches and it's absolutely true what Clive James said when he died "Yes he was 83 but it still seems too soon".

[moiraregis]

and to top it all off, unbelievably sexy in his earlier years; i had such a crush on him in "we're no angels" . . . oy!

[spsmonktoo]

Perhaps the greatest raconteur of the 20th century.

[stephenbiboy]

Des he have a throat infection? why cant he speak English FFS?

[Kaalec]

@stephenbiboy Because he's speaking in Germany you idiot.

[alwyndixon]

@stephenbiboy You sir, are a penis

[loredinusa]

i wish I knew German...

[bbbbmer]

a GREAT entertainer, and music scholar, to the end...

[Janus1938]

Such talent!!!!

[peacelovingdude]

his like we will never see again... R.I.P.

[matthewchops]

old man and mister smith

[bigkellyr]

No matter what Peter Ustinov was funny no matter what language. He was universally funny. RIP.

[JohnPaul0livier]

My favourite comedian, actor and human beeing. Sadly missed. Aber niemals vergessen!!!We need more of people like him.

[mattbod]

He spoke English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Russian fluently and also spoke Greek and Turkish.

Very clever man.

[dulcissimusverus]

Großartig! Beim "Rezitativ" habe ich Tränen gelacht! :D

[moosey62]

Nicht schlecht!

[penzman]

A brilliant mind.

[Bass5el]

Does anyone have his Schubert parody "Das Halibut"??

[alwyndixon]

@Bass5el you can find it on 'an audience with Peter Ustinov'

[cbishai]

does anyone know what he is saying in the beginning??

[Uruguay1987]

it´s not so easy, he´s mumbling a bit at the beginning.

"Such a jolly and intelligent and fabulous evening... so we´ve only little music, just the fabulous orchestra at the beginning. But I want to end with a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach which was found right now in Eisenach. It´s dedicated to UNICEF with all instruments and singers." The rest in the song is translateable but imo not worth.

Nevertheless: Ustinov was a genius and a man who should be an orientation for everyone of us.

[franklymike]

With a few more Ustinovs there would be hope for the world. Works in all languages.Understands many cultures and is optimistic despite everything. Great loss to us all. An absolute genius.

[tristapena22]

This is a part of this man that I have never seen. He was truly a great entertainer.

[monstrouscarbuncle]

You'll never find such a great personality as Peter Ustinov was. His humour is so incomparable... And it hurts to see how weak his condition was at that time. By the way: Was that the former - and also deceased - German President Johannes Rau, who supported Ustinov when he leaved the stage?

[amazeng]

Yes - the man to the left is Johannes Rau.

[CK1223]

RIP GREAT PRINCE

[Pontifux]

There was that man. When comes such another!?

[louswire]

At moments like these, I really wish I didn't live in such a parochial place like the US.

I can only speak english, and for that, I am poorer.

[TakadaLotus]

I am from the US and speak 5 languages in addition to English. German does not happen to be one of them, so I too can not really understand this presentation! Let's not play this game of blame America or that Americans don't speak any foreign languages. YOU don't speak any foreign languages. Pick up a few books and start learning, if you need any help I can direct you to a few resources!

[kyzo]

It's all very well putting yourself forward as an example, but by and large people in English speaking nations like the U.S don't speak foreign languages for the simple fact that English is very widespread. It's a kind of Anglo-Saxon arrogance really.

[122172639]

That's an odd claim, since most US school systems require foreign languages in high schools... and many in younger years, too--everyone I went to college with that was American (granted, only about half the university) had at least 4 years of a major world language, & many had 3+ languages-German isn't one of the more common ones because it's not as widely spoken as, say, Spanish (which is also easier to apply to other commonly spoken/read languages). I know Finnish, too, but it's no help here.

[Wadsleyite]

Most British schools teach foreign languages also, and at the school I attended (albeit some time ago) at least two were compulsory from the age of 11. But its one thing learning a language and maybe passing an exam, and quite another to be able to speak it a decade later. Most native English speakers have little interest in foreign languages, as English is spoken so widely. Being fluent in several languages, when travelling abroad I like to show that we're not all tarred with the same brush!

[122172639]

The difference in learning and maintaining is partly just lifestyle and locale--does someone in Iowa who has a farm and travels next to none for the bulk of his or her life even have much of an opportunity to use a language learned in school? We're larger than all of Europe combined and have enough versions of regional American dialect to attempt to understand that if someone isn't going to be intentionally traveling around, English and possibly Spanish (or Mandarin on the west coast) is ample.

[Wadsleyite]

Quite right - English is widely spoken, at home and abroad. We Brits are near to several non-Anglophone countries, but most people I know dont speak a word of French, German etc. and yet travel freely with no trouble. So there is little incentive for English-speakers to learn, or retain knowledge of, another language. It is sad, because learning a language is key to experiencing a different culture first-hand. When in Rome, do (and speak) as the Romans do - and you will understand them better.

[122172639]

I suppose here it is a bit different, or maybe it's because I'm on HC&CS where language is hugely important as part of the essential experience of any travel, within reason-you can't necessarily pull a wherethehellismatt and talk in all native tongues, but I easily floated from Italian to Spanish to Portuguese and went from Finnish to very basic (horribly pronounced) Swedish in that time. In Latvia, Ukraine, etc natives are a rarity; in Ireland (and Britany France) Goidelic/Breton is wiped out:(

[malicemizer2007]

You laugh and you cry. MY GOD he is soooo amazing. The greatest actor of his time. It is indeed very touching and so funny.

[cbsteffen]

I never thought he could act so funny!

[stefanostrian]

Super!!! Ich liebe seinen Gesang!

[nsra1933]

pure genius, he touched my life in many ways. A truely amazing human being.

[ArcAlatus]

One of the greatest that ever lived.

[Aphexporn]

They dont make people like him anymore.

[wolfgangle]

A genius til the end. I love him.

[PatMcHugh]

I will miss him terribly. He was an all around splendid man (plus he looked like my late grandfather). Thank you for posting this!