# Scenes where there is a confusion of language in othe languages.

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**Created:** [January 15, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-where-there-is-a-confusion-of-language-in-othe-languages/647276 "2013-01-15T13:20:49Z")\
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> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#):
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> I don’t know if this fits, but, when I saw Downfall, with subtitles, I thought it was interesting that near the end, one of the characters says “les joux son fait”. That’s not German, but French, but they subtitled it as though it were normal German dialogue. Also interesting that the guy chose the French phrase to tell Hitler that the jig is up (not a literal translation but conveys the meaning).

I don’t remember the scene but it would be credible to be a line from a German character. “Les jeux sont faits” is a set phrase uttered by the croupier in a game of roulette, so it would be familiar to officer-class Germans (most of which would speak some French anyway).

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