a quote from a film

[makalei]

I'm trying to tell someone
This is a quote from the movie "The green mile"
Diese ist eines zitats aus dem film "Die Grüne Meile "


Danke für Ihre Helfe

 

[Frank78]

Dies/Das ist ein Zitat aus dem Film "The Green Mile".

As long as there´s no German title you keep it untranslated.

 

[Hutschi]

There is the German title "Die grüne Meile": http://www.allesfilm.com/show_article.php?id=19714

So I would translate both the title and use the German quotation of the film, if possible.

Is your quotation in English?
Who is your audience? If they cannot speak English, better translate it.

 

[makalei]

They are German, and the quote is from John Coffey. He says "He a bad man"
not he's a bad man. Which to me translates = Er ist ein schlechter Mensch

 

[Hutschi]

I would translate it: "Er ein schlechter Mensch." or "Er schlechter Mensch" (if I want to emphasize the bad grammar). If you can find the translation in the German Movie version, I would use the original translation.

This is in case they do not speak English or you do not know about it.

In a publication I would prefer the original translation if possible.

 

[Lykurg]

Hutschi, "The Green Mile" (novel and film) was advertized, sold and broadcasted in Germany under its English title. Even the "allesfilm"-critic uses the original title everywhere apart from the headline. So, I would leave it in English, as Frank proposed.

For the rest I agree.