Fabian: Going to the Dogs

Nominee
Golden Bear
Berlin International Film Festival
Exhilarating. An unpredictable visual experience...unfolds like avant-garde jazz.
-- Ryan Lattanzio, Indiewire

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Fabian: Going to the Dogs

In this dazzling adaptation of Erich Kästner’s classic of Weimar literature, a young ad-man spends his days working for a cigarette company and his nights wandering the streets of Berlin, where he meets and falls in love with a beautiful actress. As her career
begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane amid the twilight hedonism of pre-Nazi Germany.

“A love story, an homage to Berlin and also to cinema.” – Die Zeit

“Takes seemingly familiar ground and breathes new life into it. Graf’s use of split-screen, aggressive editing, and variety of film and video formats create a vibrant urgency.” – The Film Stage

“Sweeping romantic epic.” – Jump Cut
Not Rated
Genre
Drama
Web Site
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Runtime
176
Language
German
Director
Dominik Graf
Writer(s)
Dominik Graf, Constantin Lieb
Cast
TOM SCHILLING - Jakob Fabian, SASKIA ROSENDAHL - Cornelia Battenberg, PETRA KALKUTSCHKE - Frau Fabian, ELMAR GUTMANN - Herr Fabian, ALJOSCHA STADELMANN - Produzent Makart, ANNE BENNENT - Baronin Ruth Reiter, MERET BECKER - Irene Moll
Awards:
Nominee, Golden Bear, Berlin International Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
The Film Stage

Fabian: Going to the Dogs takes seemingly familiar ground and breathes new life into it. Set in 1931, it shows the gradual rise of fascism as a backdrop to the tragedies of its characters’ lives. The title character (Tom Schilling) has a degree in literature but gets laid off. He finds new work as a ...

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