#this is from Das fliegende Klassenzimmer

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LESBIANS!!!!!!

reference for pic 1 was that one picture of bette davis, references for 2 and 3 were photographs by clara balzary

[floenz]

The I miss drawing them to actually drawing them pipeline

[cnka]

happy Pride guys!!

[chucklepea-hotpot]

trans mann nichtraucher (das fliegende klassenzimmer 2003)

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[mondfahrt]

since i just watched a very beloved movie of mine, that i wish more people knew:

reblog and put in the tags a childhood movie you wish was as popular and influential as all those american/english movies everybody always talks about.

[ruby-red-inky-blue]

tagged by @garethsedwards, thank you :)

rules: post 10 of your favourite comfort movies then tag 10 people.

Das fliegende Klassenzimmer

A classic. A substantial part of my personality. The definitive December movie. If I could have only named one movie it would have been this one.

2. Disney's Robin Hood

The definitive Disney movie. Another substantial part of my personality.

3. Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel

The definitive fairytale movie. The other definitive December movie. Ingrained in my dna.

4. The Lord of the Rings

I have every frame of this movie memorised and yet am delighted with the whole thing every time I see it. Masterpiece of all time

5. The Last Unicorn

Possibly my first introduction into The Spooky Vibe. Comfort isn't necessarily what I derive from this very sad and very strange movie, but it's an all-time fave and I would never turn down an opportunity to watch it.

6. Some Like It Hot

I do watch comedies! My family was big on exactly two (2) comedies, and this was one. Has it aged perfectly? Absolutely not. Is it hilarious? Yes.

7. Pride and Prejudice

I don't have to explain this one. Not on tumblr.

8. Brooklyn

I keep forgetting this movie exists but I adore it. Such a simple tender lovestory. Such a good, simple, well-written, well-acted lead. So beautiful. Spaghetti training scene my beloved.

9. Sing Street

Such a gem. Please see this movie. It's so fun and the music is great and I cry every time.

10. The Winter Soldier

If comfort movies are the movies that you can always put on in the background and you'd never say no to them, then I must name this movie that isn't even in my personal top ten but that I have probably seen more often than any other movie in the world. It's just neat.

tagging... @moonprincess92, @thenewleeland, @movioletta, @spacepandar and anyone else who feels like doing this

[all-chickens-are-trans]

Tag 10 People You Want to Know Better

got tagged by @bearfeathers thank you!!

3 ships: back on my Crozier/Fitzjames from The Terror bullshit, always and forever rotating Trent and Ted from Ted Lasso in the little microwave in my brain and currently?? Weirdly enough Melanie and Sprotte from my forever childhood fave Die wilden Hühner.

1st ever ship: first one i actively shipped as in writing fanfic and stuff was Lisa and Rokko from Verliebt in Berlin which was the German version of Ugly Betty/Yo soy Betty. yeah i was really REALLY into telenovela in my pre-teen years lol

Last song: "My body is a cage" by Peter Gabriel playing on repeat because it slaps so fucking hard

Last movie: My standard Christmas time watch Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (2003) <3

Currently reading: "Filthy Animals" by Brandon Taylor and if I ever get to it again, "Identitti" by Mithu Sanyal

Currently watching: yeah i'm on another rewatch of The Terror lol. comfort media #1

Currently consuming: something called christmas tea which is just a tea with lots of nice spices in it

Currently craving: a day off work and cuddles 😞

I'm tagging @queer-chnospinci @chairmechanic @nbvethbrenatto @charliethe2nd @mykonossalome and everyone else who feels like it <3

[bibastibootz]

he was Finn Wolfhard before it was cool

[zediina]

hi! sorry if this comes off as rude, but i’m learning german and was wondering if you have any german tv show/film recommendations? i’d really appreciate it if u do, thanks so much!

Hello!! Don't worry, this isn't rude at all :) I haven't seen many of these in a long time but here are a few I really enjoyed (I linked the trailers to the movies/the first seasons of the shows too):

MOVIES

Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)

Yes, this movie is very old; it's black and white. But it's still shown on German tv and it's pretty funny. A famous writer goes undercover in a school, pretending to be a student since he never got the classic school experience (he was home-schooled). He and the other students play a bunch of pranks on the teachers, and other shenanigans happen.

Das Boot (1981)

This is a classic and was nominated for several academy awards, including best director and best cinematography. It takes place on a German submarine during ww2, so it's a war movie. Usually not my favorite genre but this one really kept me on the edge of my seat. There's also a series that came out recently, but I haven't seen that. I can't imagine that it's better than this though.

Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

Takes place shortly after the fall of the Berlin wall and tells the story of a young man from East Berlin. His mother just woke up from a coma, and the doctors say she shouldn't get any big surprises (like, you know, the of the fall Berlin wall) so he tries to fool his mom by pretending the GDR still exists; which is harder than it sounds. The premise sounds a bit ridiculous but it's a really great and funny movie.

Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (2003)

Based on a very popular children's book, this movie tells the story of a boy who's new in a boarding school. He and his new friends find the book for a musical and decide to practice and perform it. (There's a bunch of other stuff happening like a rivalry with another group of students. I haven't seen this movie in forever but it's good and the story is very well known).

Die Welle (2008)

This is based on a true story about a social experiment a history teacher did with his class; maybe you've heard of it before. They create a mock-nazi party to try and understand how they became so popular and how people could buy into their rhetoric. Things go sideways pretty quickly. A great movie and a reminder that none of us are immune to indoctrination and radicalization. There's a tv show with the same name, but I don't think they're connected.

Fack Ju Göthe (2013)

I feel like everyone in Germany has seen this comedy at this point. Objectively it isn't a very good one but I'm going to recommend it simply because every German person I know can quote at least one line from this movie. A criminal takes a job as a teacher for the owrst class in that school, because his accomplice buried the money they stole underneath the school and he needs to get to it. Let's just say his teaching methods are a bit... unconventional.

Labyrinth des Schweigens (2014)

Another movie based on a true story, and one of my favorites. This one really stuck with me. It's about a young state attorney in 1950's Germany, who starts interviewing holocaust victims and prosecuting nazi officers who served in Auschwitz. This movie really shows that many people in Germany would have preferred forgetting the holocaust ever happened and pretend everything is fine rather than confront it.

Tschick (2016)

We actually read the book to this in school. It's a bout two 14 year old boys who steal an old car and go on a road trip together, and all the crazy stuff they experience. To be honest I don't remember that much about it since it's been so long since I've seen it, but I do remember really liking it!

Kästner und der kleine Dienstag (2017)

Remember that really popular children's book I mentioned? Well, this movie is about the author of that book. He's one of the authors who stayed in Germany during the Nazi regime, even though his works were banned and burned. It's about his friendship with a young boy that inspired a character in another famous book of his.

Die unheimliche Leichtigkeit der Revolution (2021)

This movie is about the east german environmentalist movement that started the peaceful revolution, which lead to the fall of the Berlin wall. It's about a teenage girl whose younger brother died due to pollution, and the state is trying to cover it up. Also shows how the GDR was trying to suppress any criticism of the state. It's definitely not the best movie on this list, but I really enjoyed it.

TV SHOWS

Ku'Damm 56, Ku'Damm 59, and Ku'Damm 63

The three mini series tell the stories of three sisters, whose mother runs a dancing school on Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. They take place in 1956, 1959 and 1963 respectively. It touches on a lot of topics, including domestic abuse, antisemitism, homosexuality, rape and more. I particularly loved the first season, where the youngest daughter who doesn't really fit into her mother's plans discovers her love for rock n' roll dancing.

Charité

The Charité is a prestiguous university hospital in Berlin with a long history, which this series exlpores. Season 1 takes place in the 19th century, where Robert Koch is lookig for a cure to tuberculosis. Season 2 takes place in Nazi Germany and among other things talks about the euthanasia practices at the time. Season 3 takes place right when the wall is being built (which passed right by the hospital). The show includes charcters based on real people as well as fictional ones.

Deutschland 83, Deutschland 86, Deutschland 89

An East German soldier has to go and work undercover for the GDR in West Germany, at a time where cold war tensions run high. I never got around to watching the last two seasons, but I remeber that the first one was really good.

Club der roten Bänder

This is based on a true story, and there are other versions of this show for example in the US. It's about a bunch of kids with different conditions who become friends in a hospital; two of them have cancer and got their legs amputated, one has an issue with his heart, one crashed a motorcycle, the youngest is in a coma, the girl has an eating disorder. There are other characters who show up as well. The show can get pretty sad, but their friendship is really touching.

Türkisch für Anfänger

This show was wildly popular back when it came out in the early 2000s. A german woman marries a turqish man, and create a patchwork family with four kids; who are absolutely not excited about it. But they have to figure out how to live with each other.

Oof, this escalated a bit, but I didn't want to exclude anything :) I hope you find something you like on this list!

[madamehelium]

List seven Comfort Films and tag seven people.

I was tagged by @lunalitsol and spend the last days thinking about this wich was fun. So thank you for tagging me i love these games, i'm just very slow. But now on to the list. Wich isn't in any particular order ecxept the first one.

1) The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Don't ask me why. It has everything i, in any other case, don't like my comfort movies to have.

2) Howls Moving Castle

One of my first ghibli studio films and in my opinion the best. The characters are all a bit weird but very loveble. It's so magical and light hearted. (The book is also very good but also very different and not as lighthearted).

3) LOL (but the french original from 2008)

This is legit the only GIF i've found (it's Sophie Marceau but i'm not even sure if it's really from the Film i mean). After 4) definitly the Film i watched the most. It did not age very well but it's a really good represtentation of the wealthy youth in France in 2008 and very funny...

4) Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer (from 2003)

Okay now i'm getting very specific. This is a German Film for children (very) losley based on a childrens novel from Erich Kästner. ("The flying classroom" in english i had to look it up). It's a film about friendship in the best way possible.

5) Die Wilden Kerle

Another German childrens series with a total of six (five) films. It's about soccer but actually about friendship. The First three parts are soo good and simply a big Part of my childhood. The only Films i Always agreed with my Brother when we were asked what we wanted to watch. The outfits and the music are so good. It's very kidfriendly but you still can enjoy it as an adult.

6) Harry Potter

Yeah. Need i say more? But I honestly mostly just watch the first three parts.

7) Power Rangers (2017)

This is a newer addition to my comfort movies. It is just hilarious and stupid. Also about friendship. I love the Cast and every single dump Joke. Also if you overlook the Giant Monsters and the weird super villan it's a lot depper than you might think.

Honerable mentions:

10 Things i hate about you

Pitch Perfect

My neighbor totoro

Love Simon

Wonder Woman

Captain Marvel

So enough about me. I'm tagging:

@patronsaintofvastnpreciouslosers @meanwhileinsidemyhead @97smoonlight @ignitetheheavens @not-meant-to-be-a-mistake @zwischen-abgrund-und-schein @searchingforthepictures

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PART 26

of the dfk audiobook translation

@cnka

Martina: „I need to tell you something. I’m not a doctor’s daughter. I don’t have a phone because I don’t have money. And my clothes are second-hand. Not vintage.“ Jo: „Why didn’t you say anything? I told you about my mother too.“ Matze: „You know, Martina, I think that you don’t have to act like you’re rich. You’re still you!“ Martina: „I know. But I just wanted to be someone else.“ Matze: „Uli shouldn’t climb up there either.“ Martina: „And you don’t have to do boxing if you don’t want to.“ Matze: „And you, Jo, don’t have to be so cool all the time.“ Jo: (laughs) „I am cool! And you, Matze, are way more clever than you always think.“ Matze: „Really?“ Jo: „Yeah!“ Martina: (giggles happily) Matze, genuinely: „Thanks!���

Narrator (audiobook): But their good mood abruptly vanishes when they meet Ruda and her gang down in town.

Martina: „Oh no.“ Jo: „Not good!“ Matze: „Externs.“ Jo: „Technically it’s our territory…“ Martina: „We’re outnumbered.“ Matze: „We can’t just run away!“ Martina: „I don’t know!“ Jo: „Whatever. We stick together here.“ Matze: „For Uli.“ Martina: „For Uli.“ Jo: „Yeah. For Uli.“

Narrator (audiobook): The three gather all their courage and approach the Externs - they’re prepared for the worst. As always, Ruda takes the word.

Ruda: „Uh. So. Well- We didn’t want it to come to this. We’re sorry.“ Sebi: „It just went way too far, that Internals-Externs thing.“ Martina: „Yeah. We all really overdid it.“

Narrator (Nichtraucher): And now? On this day, they didn’t have an answer. So Martina focused on studying for the admission test with the help of Justus Bökh.

SCENE CHANGE

[Note: the red text on that picture says "Matze - losing is not an option - Papa"]

Matze: „Hello, Papa? I won’t go to the boxing camp this year.“

Narrator (Nichtraucher): Matze prepared his holidays.

Matze: „I’ll stay here with Uli!“

SCENE CHANGE

Uli: „Mama!“

Narrator (Nichtraucher): Uli was brought new laundry and the school books for next year.

SCENE CHANGE

Narrator (Nichtraucher): The handsome Theodor felt the pressure to be solely responsible for the entertainment at the closing celebration.

SCENE CHANGE

Jo: „For you.“

Narrator (audiobook): Martina can’t believe that Jo is gifting her the phone.

Martina: „What?“ Jo: „I'm getting a new one anyway.“

Martina: „Jo, that- I can’t accept that!“ Jo: „How else am I gonna call you in the holidays?“

They hug.

SCENE CHANGE

Martina studies in the light of her flashlight while Jo sleeps.

Narrator (Nichtraucher): And apart from this nice gesture from Jo, not least because of the amount of school material, everything seemed to be heading towards a closing celebration without a play for Martina. To which Martina, Jo, Matze and Uli had still invited me though.

SCENE CHANGE

The doors to the assembly hall open. Kids run in first, followed by their parents and the older kids.

Narrator (audiobook): It’s finally time. The day of the closing celebration has come. Parents, siblings, teachers and the students rush into the assembly hall in crowds.

[floenz]

zur feier des tages und weil ich betrunken bin trau ich mivh endlich justraucher making out szene zu posten um das lange artloch zz füllen

Bonus:

[cnka]

Joyful little sketch I made

[chucklepea-hotpot]

lovely @capitaen tagged me to list 10 characters from 10 fandoms, so off we go:

Die Drei Fragezeichen - Mathilda Jonas

Little Shop of Horrors - Audrey Fulquard

Gravity Falls - Dipper Pines

Only Murders In The Building - Oliver Putnam

Good Omens - Anthony J. Crowley

Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer - Dr. Robert „Der Nichtraucher“ Uthoff

Star Trek - Commander Data

Fleabag - Fleabag

Die Wilden Hühner - Melanie Klupsch

(this might be a little very bit niche) The Stranger Times series - Vincent Banecroft

i tag @your-friendly-sleep-demoness @charliethe2nd @wonderous-lawnmower @all-chickens-are-trans and everyone who wants do this this :D

[justalonelyslytherin]

11 & 24 for the non American ask thingy 💫

Another one! *-*

favourite native writer/poet? 

I have to shamefully admit that I’m not that well-versed when it comes to german writers and poets. I remember a lot of pieces I had to read for school, but that’s mostly the overbearing dislike I have for Goethes Faust. Frankly it was painful to read and analyze it in school. Having to analyze it and be graded on it, just ruined the piece for me.

I really need to look more into german poets and writers. The one writer that stuck most in my mind from school is Wolfgang Borchert. He wrote shortstories and is one of the most famous writers of the Trümmerliteratur - which is the time immediately after the second world war.

Oh and Erich Kästner is also a good one. He wrote “Das fliegende Klassenzimmer” (the flying classroom) and “Das doppelte Lottchen” (which inspired the movie the parent trap)

what other nation is joked about most often in your country?

Probably the french? Or maybe the austrians?

But I think over another nation the germans like to joke more about the bavarians (bayern) because a lot of things you hear in the other states sounds very ridiculus. There is also this divide between West and Ost (west and east) which stems from ww2. People from the west generally joke about people from the east, call them “Ossi” (which I’m not sure but could be considered offensive and degoratory) and vice versa.

The germans also like to laugh or shake their head about the “blöde ammis” aka “stupid” americans.

Thank you for sending in this ask! It was really fun to answer these questions and talk a bit about my home country :)

[ruby-red-inky-blue]

21 and 29 for the three songs asks!

21. three songs from your childhood

"Knowing Me, Knowing You" by Abba (the first CD I ever bought with my own money was an Abba Best-of, I was obsessed with them)

"Regen und Meer" by Juli

"Ich bin ich (wir sind wir)" by Rosenstolz

bonus movie soundtrack round:

"Ouvertüre" from "Das fliegende Klassenzimmer" (2003) by Nikki Reiser

"Einleitung" from "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel/Tři oříšky pro Popelku" (1973) by Karel Svoboda

"Not in Nottingham" from Disney's Robin Hood (1973), this was the crowd favourite at our house (I LOVE this cover by Mumford and Sons)

29. three songs that influenced you most (some songs change or save lives)

this is a big ask I don't think I really have anything for? but shoutout to

"Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel and

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" by Oasis

which gave me a huge amount of comfort in a time I needed it

Three Songs Ask Meme