#if robert and justus met in school

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PART 20

of the dfk 2023 audiobook translation

@cnka

Narrator (audiobook): Robert puts another piece of wood on the trunk and swings the axe.

Bökh: „And you never wanted to get in touch?"

The Nichtraucher picks up a piece of wood.

Silence.

Nichtraucher: „Why should I? We didn’t see each other for the past ten years either.“

He rips the piece of wood apart with his bare hands. While holding eye contact with Justus.

Silence.

Justus lowers his head.

Jo: „Uh.. weren’t you-" Martina, quietly: „Jo, leave it. Lets go.“

Martina, louder: „We need to go! We still have something to do.“

The kids leave. Jo and Martina are holding hands as they walk away.

Bökh: „Yeah… Thank you, kids.“

Jo, whispering as they walk away: "What was that just now?!"

Robert picks up the chopped wood and walks back to his wagon. Justus looks after him.

Narrator (audiobook): If the two friends will find back together? Matze isn’t so sure of that.

Matze, sarcastically: „Well, that was a great success!“ Jo: „Yeah, so much for friendship between Internals and Externs.“

Narrator (audiobook): At least Robert granted Herr Bökh access to his wagon. He looks around lost in thought more or less, while Robert washes the dishes.

Dishes clatter. There is silence otherwise.

Justus stares wistfully at Robert while he washes the dishes.

Justus takes his eyes off Robert and starts looking around while Robert continues to ignore him.

Bökh: „I thought you were living in London.“ Nichtraucher: (silence) Bökh: „It's nice here.“ Nichtraucher: (silence)

Justus starts walking around.

Bökh: „I told the kids about our friendship.“ Nichtraucher: „As a cautionary tale?“ Bökh: (chuckles/scoffs) „No. Of course not.“

Narrator (audiobook): Bökh spots the poster of „the Bandits“, the same one hanging in his apartment.

Bökh: „The 'Wild Dog' that we always played in is still there.“

Nichtraucher: (silence)

Bökh: „Should we meet there sometime? For a beer?“

Robert looks up.

He lets out a small huff, almost like an incredulous laugh or a scoff.

He dries his hands on a towel and folds it.

Nichtraucher: (silence) Nichtraucher: „I don’t know what we would have to say to each other.“

Bökh: „Hm. Well. A lot of time has passed.“

Narrator (audiobook): Robert sits down at the table and lights himself a cigarette.

Justus turns as well and starts looking around again.

Nichtraucher: „Why didn’t you come to Marie’s funeral back then?“

Nichtraucher: „You didn’t even get in touch.“

[„You didn't even get in touch“ -> parallels to „And you never wanted to get in touch?“]

Justus is silent. He starts fiddling with his jacket and pulls it off his shoulder. He lets out a deep, shaky sigh and is silent for another few moments.

Bökh: „…I don’t know, you met her and… and suddenly you were gone.“

[Parallels to „suddenly your closest loved ones are gone“]

Bökh: „As if everything -our friendship, the band- as if that had all just been a dream.“

Justus turns around and looks at Robert.

Bökh: „Wir zwei. Wir hatten doch Pläne.“

Bökh: „That really hurt me.“ Nichtraucher: „It hurt you.“

Silence. Just the music.

Bökh: „Yes. Very much back then.“

The Nichtraucher lets out a soft incredulous laugh again, almost like a scoff.

Nichtraucher: „I see.“

Long silence. Justus stares out the window. Finally, he turns and walks to the door.

Bökh: „You know where to find me.“

Justus leaves the wagon. Robert nods to himself silently.

Narrator (audiobook): And with these words, Herr Bökh leaves his friend’s train wagon. If the two will ever see each other again?

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DFK 2023 AUDIOBOOK TRANSLATION MASTERPOST

PART 1 - In which we meet Martina and she receives a fateful letter.

PART 2 - In which Martina arrives in Kirchberg and meets Matze & Uli, who tell her how things go around here.

PART 3 - In which Martina meets Jo, who throws her suitcase on a car, and the kids discover a hidden train wagon.

PART 4 - In which the Nichtraucher and the handsome Theodor first appear and the kids are sent to Bökh's office.

PART 5 - In which Bökh makes a deal with the custodian Mr. Rothe and Martina gets called a doctor's daughter.

PART 6 - In which Martina makes a phone call, Oskar burns some eggs and Matze & Uli have a conversation.

PART 7 - In which Herr Bökh gets described as an "unglücklicher Spießer" and Direktorin Kreuzkamm complains to him.

PART 8 - In which Direktorin Kreuzkamm gets flustered, Bökh invokes a punishment and Martina decides to skate.

PART 9 - In which the plans for the play are shared and set into motion but Egerland doesn't get to play a girl.

PART 10 - In which the kids meet the Nichtraucher.

PART 11 - In which the kids start filming, Uli gets roasted by the audiobook narrator and Jo receives some bad news.

PART 12 - In which Robert as the narrator drops a quote about running away, Theo's fingers experience an unfortunate collision with the piano lid and Jo gets kidnapped.

PART 13 - In which Matze gives advice to Uli about doing something brave and the Nichtraucher gives advice about writer's block and fights before going for a swim.

PART 14 - In which we bear witness to the most embarassing duel in history.

PART 15 - In which the kids throw sand at each other, Jo comes free and Erich Kästner is misquoted.

PART 16 - In which the Internals are sent to Bökh's office a second time.

PART 17 - In which Justus Bökh tells his story.

PART 18 - In which Martina has to break her promise to Oskar and Jo tells her story.

PART 19 - In which the kids put the pieces together and both Justus Bökh and the Nichtraucher are met with an unexpected surprise.

PART 20 - In which Justus and Robert have a conversation in the train wagon and stare at each other incessantly.

PART 21 - In which Uli is stuck in a trash can on top of a closet and Direktorin Kreuzkamm says a quote from the book.

PART 22 - In which Uli announces he'll prove his bravery, Jo & Martina have a fight and Jo talks to and plays piano with the Nichtraucher.

PART 23 - In which Uli climbs a wall.

PART 24 - In which Uli falls and Justus & Robert meet at the hospital.

PART 25 - In which the Internals make plans, Martina gets help from Bökh and Ruda talks to her mother.

PART 26 - In which almost all conflicts get resolved in a few minutes.

PART 27 - In which the school closing celebration takes place.

PART 28 - In which the kids finish their play, Justus & Robert once again stare at each other for very long and Martina takes her admission test.

PART 29 - In which Martina & Jo parallel the 2003 movie, Justus & Robert meet at a bar, Martina gets accepted into the boarding school and everyone lives happily ever after.

The Secret Part 30 - Translation of the song lyrics of "Mit Träumen kann man fliegen"

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okay ich pack das unter einen cut weil spoiler für dfk 2023

aber ich hab was zu sagen, was justus/nichtraucher angeht

okay first of all.

i was pleasantly surprised!!

this is the only movie that didn’t give either of them a female love interest!! direktorin kreuzkamm seems to be interested in dr bökh, but there is NOTHING from him. wtf. this is revolutionary.

the story was changed a lot though. but i don’t think it was for the worse?

basically.

the nichtraucher lives in his little garden all by himself. he smokes. he plays piano. he’s writing a book, apparently!

the whole scene with justus after the fight was. changed a bit. they cut the part about why the kids didn’t come to him and about trust and righteousness a lot. theo is also not present. the kids are sent to dr bökh's office and he’s like. „sigh. theo, will you get us some cookies.“ and then they cut to him telling the story of his school days.

WHICH GOES AS FOLLOWS.

he had an enemy. called robert. who was one of the externe, while justus was one of the interne. justus was jealous of robert, he seemed to have everything justus wanted. they fought a lot. but then justus' mother got sick. and justus couldn’t visit her. robert's father was a doctor in the hospital she was in, and he offered his help. and so robert and justus became friends. they had a band.

dr bökh tells the kids that his friend robert later studied medicine, but they lost contact.

and the kids piece together that this robert is the nonsmoker, who they’ve met recently.

so they take justus to the garden where he lives.

when they get there, the nonsmoker is currently chopping wood in a sleeveless shirt.

justus takes off the blindfold and is like: „robert!“ (happy/surprised)

der nichtraucher: „was soll das denn, warum bringt ihr euren lehrer hierher?“

WHEN I TELL YOU I WAS SHOCKED

jo: „uh… we thought you two knew each other.“

nonsmoker: „and?“

SO BASICALLY THE NONSMOKER IS NOT HAPPY TO SEE JUSTUS

justus: „du hast hier die ganze zeit gewohnt und dich nie gemeldet?“

robert: „warum sollte ich?“

the kids realize that they should leave. justus and the nonsmoker have a talk.

i think justus starts with: „schön hast du’s hier. vielleicht könnten wir uns ja mal verabreden… auf ein bier oder so.“

robert ist eher nicht so romantisch drauf.

it turns out that when marie, roberts wife, died, justus didn’t attend the funeral. he didn’t even contact robert. (it’s not really explained why, i think.)

justus says: „when you met your wife… you were just gone. what about the two of us? we had plans.“

BRO I THOUGHT THE NONSMOKER WOULD BE PINING FOR JUSTUS THE ENTIRE TIME BUT IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND

you cannot say that. you CANNOT say that in a straight way. dude. dude that’s gay

(i really wish i could rewatch that scene so i could pull quotes.)

justus: „als du deine frau kennengelernt hast… da warst du einfach weg. dabei hatten wir doch pläne. das hat mich sehr verletzt damals.“

robert: „…du warst verletzt.“

so basically robert is bitter. his wife died and justus didn’t even support him. and JUSTUS is the one who was in love with his friend and who was hurt because robert found a wife and left him??

naja.

das gespräch endet damit, dass justus sagt: „du weißt, wo du mich findest.“

ich glaub, das nächste mal, dass wir den nichtraucher sehen, ist, als er sich mit jo unterhält. sie besucht ihn im nichtraucherwagen. er bringt ihr klavier bei. <3

und er erzählt ihr ein bisschen von früher. dass es damals schon nicht so einfach war, „wenn interne und externe befreundet waren“.

hmm. sounds gay.

the next time robert and justus see each other is when robert decides he does want to talk to justus. he puts on a nice suit jacket and he goes into town, only to see that ULI is climbing THE WALL.

yeah, ulis accident, very tragic, robert was luckily there to help as a doctor. i’ll talk about ulis accident sometime else.

so.

the next time robert and justus see each other is in the hospital.

justus: „was machst du denn hier?“

robert: „ich war grade rechtzeitig da, um als arzt zu helfen.“

(irgendein cut, ich weiß es nicht mehr?)

robert: „so weit hätte es niemals kommen dürfen.“

justus: „während ich mir hier mühe gebe, um den kindern einen sicheren ort zu geben hast du [xyz, weiß ich nicht mehr]. also geh zurück in deinen waggon und leg die füße hoch. ich muss jetzt die eltern informieren.“ (geht)

robert: „…das hab ich nicht gemeint.“

also, robert will justus jetzt doch eine chance geben, aber justus fühlt sich zurückgewiesen.

während der aufführung des stücks werfen sie sich dann blicke zu. du hättest es sehen müssen, ey

und dann treffen sie sich auf ein bier.

robert: „ich dachte schon, du kommst nicht.“

justus: „natürlich komm ich.“

und dann kommt die szene, wo sie miteinander musik machen.

guys.

i know the story’s different, but i’m here for it. i’m here for the bitterness.

and they were just so gay. it was so gay throughout. best fucking part of the movie. it DELIVERED