Fabian - Going to the Dogs
Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde
Directed by
Germany
2021
176 min
- German
Drama
Berlin, 1931. Jakob Fabian works in the advertising department of a cigarette factory during the day and drifts through bars, brothels and artist studios with his wealthy friend Labude at night. When Fabian gets to know the self-confident Cornelia, he manages to shed his pessimistic attitude for a brief moment. He falls in love. But then he too falls victim to the great wave of layoffs, while Cornelia makes a career as an actress thanks to her boss and admirer. An arrangement that Fabian finds difficult to come to terms with. But it's not just his world that is falling apart...
Festivals
Credits
- Cast
- Tom Schilling
- Saskia Rosendahl
- Albrecht Schuch
- Screenplay
- Constantin Lieb
- Dominik Graf
- Cinematography
- Hanno Lentz
- Editing
- Claudia Wolscht
- Music
- Sven Rossenbach
- Florian van Volxem
- Sales
- LES FILMS DU LOSANGE
- Production
- LUPA FILM
Press
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Expansive and clever, frequently exhausting, and, more often than not, thrilling to experience.

Dominik Graf
Germany
Born in Munich on September 6, 1952, he studied in the Film Department of the University of Television and Film Munich from 1974 to 1980. He made his first film, DER KOSTBARE GAST in 1978. Since then, Dominik Graf has made more than fifty films for cinema and television. In addition to working as a director and writer, he is also a professor for feature film directing at the International Filmschule Köln (ifs). His latest work is the film FABIAN GOING TO THE DOGS (2021) which was selected at Berlinale 2021.