Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog (2017)
The story of the dog from the title, who in a frame narrative explains how he came to be transformed from an unemployed communist filmmaker into a canine with a philosophical bent. Unable to finance his new project, young Berlin-based director Julian tells foreign exchange student Camille that his job in the countryside is research for an upcoming film. When Camille offers to help, he is forced to uphold the lie. The plantation isn’t the proletarian idyll he had hoped for, but fortunately the reincarnation of Francis of Assisi provides spiritual insight and a new aim in life.
Director: Julian Radlmaier
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Julian Radlmaier as Julian |
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Deragh Campbell as Camille |
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Beniamin Forthi as Sancho |
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Kyung-Taek Lie as Hong |
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Ilia Korkashvili as Mönch |
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Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg as Elfriede Gottfried |
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Zurab Rtveliasvili as Zurab |
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Bruno Derksen as Bruno |
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Anton Gonopolski as Anton |
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Mex Schlüpfer as Bauer Motzen |
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Natia Bakhtadze as Natia |
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Carlos Bustamante as Botow |
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Sulgi Lie as Sulgi |
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Toby Ashraf as Moderator |
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Alexandre Koberidze as Sachbearbeiter |
| Directing | Julian Radlmaier | Director |
| Writing | Julian Radlmaier | Writer |
| Crew | Markus Koob | Cinematography |
| Production | Kirill Krasovskiy | Producer |
| Editing | Julian Radlmaier | Editor |