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Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog

Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog

20176.61h 39m

Overview

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.

Directed by Julian Radlmaier
Written by Julian Radlmaier
Produced by Kirill Krasovskiy
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Top Cast

Julian Radlmaier

Julian Radlmaier

Julian

Deragh Campbell

Deragh Campbell

Camille

B

Beniamin Forthi

Sancho

Kyung-Taek Lie

Kyung-Taek Lie

Hong

I

Ilia Korkashvili

Mönch

Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg

Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg

Elfriede Gottfried

Z

Zurab Rtveliasvili

Zurab

B

Bruno Derksen

Bruno

A

Anton Gonopolski

Anton

Mex Schlüpfer

Mex Schlüpfer

Bauer Motzen

About Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog

Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog is a comedy film released in 2017. Directed by Julian Radlmaier, it stars Julian Radlmaier, Deragh Campbell, Beniamin Forthi. 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.

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