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The novel's protagonist is a Germanist, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works as a copywriter. The first chapters of the novel deal with Fabian's confrontation with the immorality of Berlin nightlife; he visits brothels, underworld taverns, and artists' studios.
Fabian: Going to the Dogs (‹See Tfd› German: Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde, lit. 'Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs') is a 2021 German drama film directed by Dominik Graf from a screenplay he co-wrote with Constantin Lieb, based on Erich Kästner 's 1931 novel Fabian.
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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- Drama, Romance
- Dominik Graf
- 2021-08-05
Oct 8, 2018 · Jakob Fabian, an unemployed copywriter, becomes the chronicler of the noisy intoxicating atmosphere. It's about fast, casual sex; about lesbian love, longing and suicide in a world of brothels...
As long as he still has a job, Jakob Fabian, who has a doctorate in German studies, writes advertising copy during the day and frequents the city’s more outlandish establishments with Stephan Labude at night.
- Hanno Lentz
- Claudia Wolscht
- Dominik Graf
Originally published in German in 1931 and in an expurgated English translation in 1932, this novel is the tale of Jacob Fabian, a Berlin advertising copywriter doomed in the context of economic, ethical, and political collapse by his characteristic mixture of detachment and decency.
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Fabian: Going to the Dogs (German: '''Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde'''|lit=Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs) is a 2021 German drama film directed by Dominik Graf from a screenplay he co-wrote with Constantin Lieb, based on Erich Kästner's 1931 novel Fabian.
