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FABIAN - GOING TO THE DOGS / FABIAN ODER DER GANG VOR DIE HUNDE

The veteran director Dominik Graf only requires a single take to transport us from the present day to the last wild days of Weimar. There, in the progressive environment of night-time Berlin, a young advertiser will meet a beautiful and ambitious actress.Their relationship will become the only ray of light in a world falling apart around them, gradually succumbing to Nazi darkness. With a doomed romance at the heart of its abounding narrative, Erich Kästner’s masterpiece becomes a restless cinematic epic which automatically brings to mind the literary masterpiece titled “Berlin Alexanderplatz”.


GERMANY | 2021 | COLOR | DCP | 176’ | GERMAN

A one-shot film which begins today and ends in the last days of Weimar, underlines the timelessness of Erich Kastner’s titular literary masterpiece. When the camera meets the famous protagonist we find ourselves in the filled with contradictions environment of interwar Berlin. During the day Fabian floats among the human debris of a collapsing world. At night he explores nightclubs of pleasures, until he meets an ambitious actress. In her face he sees the only salvation from the Nazi darkness that is coming fast. But love will be the beginning of his grand personal tragedy. Graf’s adaptation is clearly influenced by the energy and the torrential narration of the original text. It thus becomes a true cinema epic, capturing completely the moment where a whole nation found itself on the verge of the abyss. Th. K.

DIRECTOR: Dominik Graf
SCREENWRITER: Dominik Graf
DoP: Hanno Lentz
MUSIC: Florian van Volxem, Sven Rossenbach
EDITOR: Claudia Wolscht
PRINCIPAL CAST: Tom Schilling, Saskia Rosendahl, Albrecht Schuch

DOMINIK GRAF
German director, a renowned figure of German cinema, born in 1952 in Munich. He studied Film at the Film and Television University of Munich. Constantly active  since 1975.

ΦΙΛΜΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ / FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED)
2021
Fabian - Going to the Dogs
2016 The Blue Room
2014 Beloved Sisters
2006 The Red Cockatoo
2002 A Map of the Heart
1994 The Invincibles
1990 The Gamblers
1989 Tiger, Lion, Panther
1988 The Cat
1985 Drei gegen drei
1982 Das zweite Gesicht



        : Festival Darlings

        A HERO / GHAHREMAN (Opening Film)

        A HERO / GHAHREMAN (Opening Film)

        23/09/2021, 21:00, IDEAL

        DUNE (Closing Film)

        DUNE (Closing Film)

        2/10/2021, 20:30, IDEAL
        2/10/2021, 20:30, DANAOS

        SUBLET

        SUBLET

        23/09/2021, 20:00, AEGLI ZAPPION
        27/09/2021, 22:15, GREEK FILM ARCHIVE

        TITANE

        TITANE

        24/09/2021, 21:00, DANAOS

        PETITE MAMAN

        PETITE MAMAN

        24/09/2021, 22:00, STELLA
        27/09/2021, 22:30, STELLA

        I’M YOUR MAN / ICH BIN DEIN MENSCH

        I’M YOUR MAN / ICH BIN DEIN MENSCH

        25/09/2021, 19:45, AEGLI ZAPPION

        ZERO FUCKS GIVEN / RIEN À FOUTRE

        ZERO FUCKS GIVEN / RIEN À FOUTRE

        THE RUMBLE OF THE WORLD

        THE RUMBLE OF THE WORLD

        THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD / VERDENS VERSTE MENNESKE

        THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD / VERDENS VERSTE MENNESKE

        25/09/2021, 22:30, DANAOS

        WHERE IS ANNE FRANK

        WHERE IS ANNE FRANK

        26/09/2021, 18:30, MUNICIPAL THEATRE OF PIRAEUS
        27/09/2021, 22:45, IDEAL
        04/10/2021, 18:15, IDEAL

        WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY / GŪZEN TO SŌZŌ

        WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY / GŪZEN TO SŌZŌ

        26/09/2021, 19:00, DANAOS

        THE NIGHT BELONGS TO LOVERS / LA NUIT AUX AMANTS

        THE NIGHT BELONGS TO LOVERS / LA NUIT AUX AMANTS

        26/09/2021, 19:45, AEGLI ZAPPION

        LEAVE NO TRACES / ŻEBY NIE BYŁO ŚLADÓW

        LEAVE NO TRACES / ŻEBY NIE BYŁO ŚLADÓW

        26/09/2021, 21:00, MUNICIPAL THEATRE OF PIRAEUS
        29/09/2021, 20:30, FLERRY CINEMA

        THE LAST DUEL

        THE LAST DUEL

        26/09/2021, 21:15, IDEAL

        BELLE / RYU TO SOBAKASU NO HIME

        BELLE / RYU TO SOBAKASU NO HIME

        26/09/2021, 22:15, AEGLI ZAPPION
        30/09/2021, 19:45, FLERRY CINEMA

        ALI & AVA

        ALI & AVA

        27/09/2021, 20:00, DANAOS
        29/09/2021, 19:45, AEGLI ZAPPION

        BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN / BABARDEALĂ CU BUCLUC SAU PORNO BALAMUC

        BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN / BABARDEALĂ CU BUCLUC SAU PORNO BALAMUC

        27/09/2021, 20:15, IDEAL

        SWAN SONG

        SWAN SONG

        28/09/2021, 19:30, IDEAL
        2/10/2021, 19:30, FLERRY CINEMA

        RED ROCKET

        RED ROCKET

        28/09/2021, 22:00, IDEAL

        NINJABABY

        NINJABABY

        28/09/2021, 22:15, AEGLI ZAPPION
        3/10/2021, 19:30, FLERRY CINEMA

        THE INNOCENTS / DE USKYLDIGE

        THE INNOCENTS / DE USKYLDIGE

        29/09/2021, 19:30, IDEAL

        EARWIG

        EARWIG

        29/09/2021, 22:15, IDEAL

        NO / NÖ

        NO / NÖ

        30/09/2021, 19:15, DANAOS
        3/10/2021, 19:45, RIVIERA

        MEMORIA

        MEMORIA

        30/09/2021, 21:45, IDEAL

        AFTER BLUE / PARADIS SALE

        AFTER BLUE / PARADIS SALE

        2/10/2021, 22:15, TRIANON

        THE DOG WHO WOULDN’T BE QUIET / EL PERRO QUE NO CALLA

        THE DOG WHO WOULDN’T BE QUIET / EL PERRO QUE NO CALLA

        3/10/2021, 20:00, IDEAL

        THE FRENCH DISPATCH

        THE FRENCH DISPATCH

        3/10/2021, 21:00, DANAOS