Fabian – Berättelsen om en moralist (DVD)

BERLIN 1931 – LOVE AND DECADENCE IN A TURBULENT TIME

Based on Erik Kästner's classic novel about interwar Germany.

The Weimar Republic in 1931. Disillusioned war veteran and aspiring writer Fabian escapes his dreary day job as an advertising copywriter and his nightmares by throwing himself into Berlin's twilight world of bars, brothels, and cabarets. In this environment, he meets Cornelia. Fabian's attempt to maintain the intellectual's cool view of relationships crumbles in the face of her beauty. But can happiness exist in uncertain times when both individuals and German society are driven closer and closer to a Faustian pact by desperation and a thirst for revenge?

With their wild mix of styles and techniques, frenetic editing and free-flowing timelines, director Dominik Graf and editor Claudia Wolscht give us a version of Erich Kästner's classic novel from interwar Germany that is both true to the period and hypermodern. This is film storytelling like avant-garde jazz, free in form and powerful in its emotional expression. Actors Tom Schilling (A Coffee in Berlin) and Saskia Rosendahl (Lore) are the emotional anchors of the story through their powerful portrayal of Fabian and Cornelia's doomed romance.

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* * * * "German cinema is back! Really good." – TV4

* * * * "Finely tuned details." – Sveriges Radio

* * * * ”Entertaining, well-acted, and beautiful film” – SvD

* * * * ”Definitely worth seeing” – Filmeye

”Liberating” – Nöjesguiden

”Tom Schilling, Albrecht Schuch, and Saskia Rosendahl are brilliant in their roles” – Aftonbladet

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”ÅThe best film of the year” – GQ

”A tribute to Berlin and the art of film – Die Zeit

”A masterpiece – Radioeins

”High style and very modern – Die Zeit

”A masterpiece – Radioeins

”High style and very modern – Radioeins

”A masterpiece – Radioeins

”High style and very modern – Radioeins

”Radioeins

”High style and very modern sensibility – Variety

”Fast-paced – The Hollywood Reporter

”Strong performances by Rosendahl and Schilling – Cineuropa

”Culture and film poker in a boundless mix – Sight and Sound

”Dynamic in form and elastic in style – Screen Daily

”An unpredictable visual experience – Screen Daily

”A film that is both disturbing and fascinating – Screen Daily

”A film that is both disturbing and fascinating – Screen Daily

”A film that is both disturbing and fascinating – Screen Daily

”A film that is both disturbing and fascinating – Screen DailyScreen Daily

”An unpredictable visual experience” – Indiewire

Captions

Swedish

Danish

Norwegian

Language

English