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  • The Italian dubbing cast of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, Barbara Castracane, Stefano Benassi and Giuppy Izzo

    01The Italian dubbing cast of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, Barbara Castracane, Stefano Benassi and Giuppy Izzo

  • An old cutting desk in a Berlin studio

    02An old cutting desk in a Berlin studio

  • Mona Shetty, the Hindi voice of Angelina Jolie

    03Mona Shetty, the Hindi voice of Angelina Jolie

  • A mixing studio in Munich

    04A mixing studio in Munich

  • Dennis Schmidt-Foss, Dascha Lehmann and Manfred Lehmann

    05Dennis Schmidt-Foss, Dascha Lehmann and Manfred Lehmann

  • Marius Clarén, voice of Jake Gyllenhaal

    06Marius Clarén, voice of Jake Gyllenhaal

  • Anke Kortemeier, the voice of Lindsay Lohan

    07Anke Kortemeier, the voice of Lindsay Lohan

  • Michael Haacke, co-owner of FFS, one of Germany’s leading dubbing studios

    08Michael Haacke, co-owner of FFS, one of Germany’s leading dubbing studios

  • FFS employees at a mixing desk in Munich

    09FFS employees at a mixing desk in Munich

  • FFS’s technical room in Berlin

    10FFS’s technical room in Berlin

  • Charles Rettinghaus, voice of Robert Downey Jr and many black actors

    11Charles Rettinghaus, voice of Robert Downey Jr and many black actors

  • FFS converted a cinema in Munich into a mixing room

    12FFS converted a cinema in Munich into a mixing room

  • Screening room

    13Screening room

  • Essential dubbing equipment

    14Essential dubbing equipment

  • Norbert Gastell, the 81-year-old voice of Homer Simpson

    15Norbert Gastell, the 81-year-old voice of Homer Simpson

  • Mona Shetty

    16Mona Shetty

  • Nikhil Kapoor at Rio Recording Studios in central Mumbai

    17Nikhil Kapoor at Rio Recording Studios in central Mumbai

  • Rajesh Khattar, who has voiced for Johnny Depp and Tom Hanks

    18Rajesh Khattar, who has voiced for Johnny Depp and Tom Hanks

  • Leonardo Caneva

    19Leonardo Caneva

  • Luigi La Monica taking a break in the studio

    20Luigi La Monica taking a break in the studio

  • Massimo Rossi, Italy’s voice of Sean Penn

    21Massimo Rossi, Italy’s voice of Sean Penn

  • Luigi La Monica

    22Luigi La Monica

  • Voice recording on digital audio tape

    23Voice recording on digital audio tape

  • Voicing Ron Howard’s ‘The Dilemma’, with Fiamma Izzo right

    24Voicing Ron Howard’s ‘The Dilemma’, with Fiamma Izzo right

  • Voice actor’s earpiece

    25Voice actor’s earpiece

  • Chiara Colizzi, Italian voice of Nicole Kidman and Kate Winslet

    26Chiara Colizzi, Italian voice of Nicole Kidman and Kate Winslet

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Dub be good to me— Global

Preface

Across the world there are people who are literally being John Malkovich. Or Homer Simpson or Paris Hilton. And in their home nations the voices of dubbing artists are more famous than those of their Hollywood counterparts.

Germany, India, dubbing, hollywood, italian, television

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