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Das Berühren der Laternenmaste wurde zwanghaft. The lamp-post touching became a compulsion.

Der Regisseur Michael Thalheimer etwa lässt seine Schauspieler für ihre Figuren charakteristische Bewegungen entwerfen, die sie wie nervöse Tics zwanghaft wiederholen. [G] The director Michael Thalheimer, for instance, has his actors design for their characters characteristic movements that repeat themselves compulsively like nervous tics.

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