How can I disable/reconfigure IMDB's automatic geo-location so it does not default to German?

Question

Since a few months IMDB appears to be "detecting" that I'm coming from a a German IP address and automatically changes the UI to German. More specifically it shows the Germany movie title when it has one.

This is massively annoying and I can't seem to find an obvious toggle to change this.

I do not have an account on IMDB.

Is there a way to prevent this from happening aside from an IMDB account (if that even helps)?

Answer 1

As @MathiasKegelmann mentioned, from IMDB's help you have two options:

• Create an account and go to https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/siteprefs to change your preferred language.

• Or by using this link: http://akas.imdb.com, you will always see films listed under their original titles regardless of your login status or site preferences.

Don't forget that if you are accessing IMDB through the search engines, then in the second case you will have to change the URL manual all the time, but not in the first one.

Answer 2

I guess http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?titlelanguagedisplay might be what you are looking for.

We recently modified the way titles are displayed on the site. Users will now by default see titles listed in the language used for release in their country (i.e. US-based users will see films listed under the title used for the North American release, while users browsing the site from France will see titles as they appeared on the French release of those movies etc.)

If you are registered on IMDb.com and you prefer to see original titles, or the title in any other language/country of release by default, you can set your user preferences accordingly.

To do this, please click on the 'Your Account' link (located in the upper right corner of every page on IMDb.com) and then click on the 'Site Preferences' option, or go directly to https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/siteprefs , and then choose the desired options from the "Title Display Country" and "Title Display Language" dropdown menus. Click 'OK' to save your choice.

For more help/information, please refer to our site preferences help page.

Please also remember that if you access the site through the following URL, you will always see films listed under their original titles regardless of your login status or site preferences:

http://akas.imdb.com