''Fabian'' () is a 1980 West German
drama film
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directed by
Wolf Gremm
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. It is based on the novel ''
Fabian, the Story of a Moralist'' (1931; german: Fabian. Die Geschichte eines Moralisten, ) by German author
Erich Kästner
Emil Erich Kästner (; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including '' Emil and the Detectives''. He received ...
. The film was chosen as West Germany's
official submission to the
53rd Academy Awards
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for
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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, but did not receive a nomination.
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
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Hans Peter Hallwachs
Hans Peter Hallwachs (10 July 1938 – 16 December 2022) was a German actor.
Hallwachs was born in Jüterbog, Brandenburg on 10 July 1938. He died on 16 December 2022, at the age of 84.
Selected filmography
*'' Mord und Totschlag'' (''Degree o ...
as Fabian
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Hermann Lause
Hermann Lause (7 February 1939 - 28 March 2005) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1966 to 2005. He died of cancer.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1939 births
2005 deaths
People f ...
as Labude
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Silvia Janisch as Cornelia
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Mijanou Van Baarzel as Frau Moll
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Brigitte Mira
Brigitte Mira (, 20 April 1910 – 8 March 2005) was a German actress. She worked in both theater and film, later in her career with Rainer Werner Fassbinder on many occasions.
Believed to have been born in Hamburg, she moved early on to Berli ...
as Frau Hohlfeld
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Ivan Desny
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Early life
Desny was born in Peking, China.
Career
Desny was a film actor. Bilingual in French and German, he acted ...
as Justizrat Labude
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Charles Regnier
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as Erfinder
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Ruth Niehaus
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She was married to Jewish German spy
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as Ruth Relter
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Carola Regnier as Frau Kulp
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Roswitha Lippert as Frau Selow
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Helma Seitz as Fabians Mutter
See also
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References
External links
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1980 films
1980 drama films
West German films
German drama films
1980s German-language films
Films set in Berlin
Films set in 1930
Films set in 1931
Films based on German novels
Films based on works by Erich Kästner
Great Depression films
1980s German films
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