Fabian: Going to the Dogs

Fabian: Going to the Dogs

2021176 min6.5 / 10

A melancholic portrait of a man adrift in 1930s Berlin, watching his romantic hopes fade as economic and historical forces close in around him.

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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