Dominik Graf
Although born into a family of actors, the young Dominik GRAF (1952, Germany) was more interested in literature and music. He attended the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen in Munich. In recent decades, he has developed a multi-faceted oeuvre that, alongside films, includes a lot of TV work, for example on the series Tatort. He has also received international recognition for his films, including Spieler (1990), which was nominated for a Golden Lion, and Die geliebten Schwestern (2014), which was nominated for a Golden Bear and selected as the German entry for the Academy Awards. His work was the subject of a retrospective at IFFR 2013. Am Abend aller Tage (2017) earned him his 13th nomination for the Adolf Grimme Award, of which he has won ten. In 2021, Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde premiered at the Berlinale.
Filmography
Carlas Briefe (1975, short), Das Kloster (1975, co-dir, short), Der kostbare Gast (1979), Der Familientag (1980, TV series, 2 episodes), Das zweite Gesicht/The Second Face (1982), Neonstadt (1982, co-dir, segment: Running Blue), Köberle kommt (1983, TV, 6 episodes), Treffer (1984, TV), Drei gegen drei (1985), Der Fahnder (1985-1993, TV series, 13 episodes), Tatort (1986-2020, TV series, 5 episodes), Die Katze/The Cat (1988), Die Beute (1988, TV), Tiger, Löwe, Panther (1989), Spieler/The Gamblers (1990), Morlock (1993, TV series, episode: Die Verflechtnung), Die Sieger/The Invincibles (1994), Sperling (1996-1998, TV series, 2 episodes), Reise nach Weimar (1996, TV), Denk ich an Deutschland – Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge (1997, TV doc), Der Skorpion (1997, TV), Doctor Knock (1997, TV), Deine besten Jahre (1999, TV), Bittere Unschuld (1999, TV), München – Geheimnisse einer Stadt/Munich: Secrets of a City (2000), Der Felsen/A Map of the Heart (2002), Die Freunde der Freunde (2002, TV), Hotte im Paradies (2003, TV), Kalter Frühling/Cold Spring (2004, TV), Polizeiruf 110 (2005-2019, TV series, 5 episodes), Der rote Kakadu/The Red Cockatoo (2006), Ein Stadt wird erpresst (2006, TV), Das Gelübde/The Vow (2007, TV), Kommissar Süden und der Luftgitarrist (2008, TV), Deutschland 09 – 13 kurze Filme zur Lage der Nation (2009, co-dir, segment: Der Weg, den wir nicht zusammen gehen), Im Angesicht des Verbrechens/In Face of the Crime (2010, TV series, 10 episodes), Dreileben (2011, TV series, episode: Komm mir nicht nach), Das unsichtbare Mädchen (2011, TV), Lawinen der Erinnerung (2012, doc), Die geliebten Schwestern/Beloved Sisters (2014),Die reichen Leichen. Ein Starnbergkrimi (2014, TV), Es werde Stadt! (2014, co-dir, doc), Was heißt hier Ende? (2015, doc), The Blue Room (2016), Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film (2016, co-dir, doc), Zielfahnder: Flucht in die Karpaten (2016, TV), Offene Wunde deutscher Film (2017, doc), Am Abend aller Tage (2017, TV), Philip Rosenthal: Der Unternehmer, der nicht an den Kapitalismus glaubte (2017, doc), Hanne (2018, TV), Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde/Fabian – Going to the Dogs (2021)
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Dominik Graf at IFFR
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Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde
Berlin, 1931: young Dr. Fabian, a copywriter by day, can’t get enough of nightlife. Then he falls in love with Cornelia.
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Eine Stadt wird erpresst
Blackmailers threaten to blow Leipzig to smithereens if a 20 million Euro ransom isn’t paid pronto. A lone wolf cop who’s been around s
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Kalter Frühling
A family business faces bankruptcy. The daughter and heir falls into prostitution, only to rise again as an avenging angel. A charming hustler/love
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Das Gelübde
In 1818, writer Clemens Brentano began to chronicle the visions of stigmatized nun Anna Katharina Emmerick. This meeting of two kindred souls, yet
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Die Freunde der Freunde
An adaptation of Henry James’ famous novella The Way It Came set among boarding school pupils. A ghost story about doom and deliverance. A de
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Die Katze
A heist goes wrong – as planned. A criminal mastermind and a top cop begin a game of chess with humans (SWAT team members and innocent hostag
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München – Geheimnisse einer Stadt
Munich seen as every city worth living in. A playful hybrid of documentary and (science) fiction, a cinematic essay and literary reverie with a bli
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Polizeiruf 110: Der scharlachrote Engel
A riff on Der Fahnder: Nachtwache. Again a mighty enigmatic woman is in need of police protection – again the case takes unexpected turns. Gr
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Denk ich an Deutschland – Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge
A portrait of Dominik Graf’s father and an essay about the post-war FRG culture of words above images. A meditation on the best years too man
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Hotte im Paradies
The tough life of a mild-mannered young pimp with a stable of sensationally hot and wondrously quirky hookers. An outrageously purple underworld ex