Why is German pop culture less popular worldwide than American, British and Japanese?

[captain carot]

Nem said:

I thought you wanted the reason, not to debate it. Even on those links you can see it. Germanic languages just have too many R sounds. G's that are pronounced R's aswell as others.

Germanic languages like, let's say, English? Yeah, sure...

HomokHarcos said:

captain carot said:

As for movies, the Nazis basically killed the great german film industry we had in the twenties and thirties. It never really recovered. There are some famous directors and actors though, but usually they go to the US if they get enough fame. Just look at Roland Emmerich, Wolfgang Petersen and the likes.

Germany did have a major film industry during the 1920's. Heck on Watchmojo's Top 10 Films of the 1920's numbers 1 and 2 were German (Metropolis and Nosferatu).

That is what i wrote. German film funding does much for international productions that do at least parts of their filming in Germany. Original german movies usually have way smaller funding than french or british productions have. Run Lola run for example was actually funded by german TV, at least partially.

At the same time we have problems keeping good actors and directors. There are also some actors few recon as being german, like Diane Kruger.