Her humor and lively spirit made the Young Frankenstein set a pleasure to work on. Her ‘German’ accent had us all in stitches ...

“Where was he born, Scotland?” I inquired. “Edmund Stoiber is German. That is the Bavarian accent and dialect,” he responded after a peal of long laughter. Well, this is not how I had wished to ...

Why do we see German and Roman characters speaking like they’re from London? The blame lies partly with film directors – and more broadly with British imperialism.