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Fabian: Going to the Dogs

2021 · 176 min

A sprawling, bittersweet plunge into a doomed romance amid a crumbling society, demanding patience but rewarding with emotional depth.

Overview
In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • friendship
  • grief
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, history
Directed by
Dominik Graf
Written by
Constantin Lieb, Dominik Graf
Starring
Tom Schilling, Albrecht Schuch, Saskia Rosendahl, Michael Wittenborn, Petra Kalkutschke, Elmar Gutmann, Aljoscha Stadelmann, Anne Bennent
Music
Florian van Volxem, Sven Rossenbach
Cinematography
Hanno Lentz
Runtime
176 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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