Fabian (film) explained

Fabian
Director:	Wolf Gremm
Producer:	Regina Ziegler
Starring:	Hans Peter Hallwachs
Cinematography:	Jürgen Wagner
Studio:	Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion
Distributor:	United Artists
Runtime:	110 minutes
Country:	West Germany
Language:	German

Fabian (pronounced as /de/) is a 1980 West German drama film directed by Wolf Gremm. It is based on the novel Fabian. Die Geschichte eines Moralisten (1931; German: Fabian. Die Geschichte eines Moralisten, pronounced as /de/) by German author Erich Kästner. The film was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination.^[1]

Plot

The story of Jacob Fabian, a somewhat liberal Berlin advertising copywriter who witnesses the collapse of the prewar German society during the 1930s.

Cast

• Hans Peter Hallwachs as Fabian
• Hermann Lause as Labude
• Silvia Janisch as Cornelia
• Mijanou Van Baarzel as Frau Moll
• Brigitte Mira as Frau Hohlfeld
• Ivan Desny as Justizrat Labude
• Charles Regnier as Erfinder
• Ruth Niehaus as Ruth Relter
• Carola Regnier as Frau Kulp
• Roswitha Lippert as Frau Selow
• Helma Seitz as Fabians Mutter

See also

• List of submissions to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. Web site: H. G. Pflaum . On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . German Films . 2008-08-27 . dead . https://archive.today/20070813145148/http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/topicalsubjects/focuson/thetindrum-alonevictor/index.html . 2007-08-13 .