Karambolage (ARTE)

Karambolage
Genre Documentary film
Created by Claire Doutriaux
Theme music composer Studio production
Country of origin Germany
France
Language(s) German
French
Production
Running time 12 minutes
Production company(s) ARTE
Broadcast
Original run 2004 – present
External links
Website

Karambolage is a television show which aims to explain particular elements of French and German daily life. The show is 12 minutes long and is broadcast on the Franco-German television channel Arte.

The show focuses both on what separates and unites these two cultures, with etymological comparisons of words from both languages, presentations of common objects from both countries and portraits of famous people from France and Germany.

The end of each episode features a guessing game where a 30-second film is shown. Viewers must guess whether the scene was filmed in France or in Germany based on the presence of a key detail that is found in only one of the two countries.

Karambolage is a weekly programme, broadcast on Sunday evenings at 8:00 pm.

Literature

Kathrin Uhde: KARAMBOLAGE oder die deutsch-französischen Eigenarten mit fremden Augen sehen. Eine interkulturelle Fernsehanalyse, Avinus, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-930064-70-0

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