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Dog Days

Original title: Hundstage
  • 20012001
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  • 2h 1m
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7.0/10
6.2K
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Dog Days (2001)
  • Drama
In the tomb-like quiet of their ranch-style purgatory, a divorced husband and wife fight a wordless war while mourning an unspeakable mutual loss. A sadistic lover's ritual humiliation spawn... Read allIn the tomb-like quiet of their ranch-style purgatory, a divorced husband and wife fight a wordless war while mourning an unspeakable mutual loss. A sadistic lover's ritual humiliation spawns both tenderness and revenge.In the tomb-like quiet of their ranch-style purgatory, a divorced husband and wife fight a wordless war while mourning an unspeakable mutual loss. A sadistic lover's ritual humiliation spawns both tenderness and revenge.
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6.2K
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  • Director
    • Ulrich Seidl
  • Writers
    • Veronika Franz
    • Ulrich Seidl
  • Stars
    • Maria Hofstätter
    • Christine Jirku
    • Viktor Hennemann
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ulrich Seidl
  • Writers
    • Veronika Franz
    • Ulrich Seidl
  • Stars
    • Maria Hofstätter
    • Christine Jirku
    • Viktor Hennemann
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    • 44User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 3 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Maria Hofstätter
    Maria Hofstätter
    • Die Autostopperinas Die Autostopperin
    Christine Jirku
    • Die Lehrerinas Die Lehrerin
    Viktor Hennemann
    • Der Liebhaberas Der Liebhaber
    Georg Friedrich
    Georg Friedrich
    • Der Freund des Liebhabersas Der Freund des Liebhabers
    Alfred Mrva
    • Der Mann für die Sicherheitas Der Mann für die Sicherheit
    Erich Finsches
    • Der alte Mannas Der alte Mann
    Gerti Lehner
    • Die Haushälterinas Die Haushälterin
    Franziska Weisz
    Franziska Weisz
    • Das junge Mädchenas Das junge Mädchen
    • (as Franziska Weiß)
    Rene Wanko
    • Der Freundas Der Freund
    Claudia Martini
    • Die Ex-Ehefrauas Die Ex-Ehefrau
    Victor Rathbone
    • Der Ex-Ehemannas Der Ex-Ehemann
    Christian Bakonyi
    • Der Masseuras Der Masseur
    Ingeborg Wehofer
    • Car accident victimas Car accident victim
    Leopold Schlol
    • Car scratch victimas Car scratch victim
    Silvia Piglmann
    • Car scratch victimas Car scratch victim
    Karl Christoph
    • Car scratch victimas Car scratch victim
    Henriette Maslo
    • Autofahreras Autofahrer
    Christina Horvath
    • Autofahreras Autofahrer
    • Director
      • Ulrich Seidl
    • Writers
      • Veronika Franz
      • Ulrich Seidl
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Second in the poll for FIPRESCI GRAND PRIX OF THE YEAR 2002.
    • Goofs
      At the beginning of the movie in front of the supermarket the boom mic and the camera are reflected in a car window.
    • Connections
      Follows Fun Without Limits (1998)

    User reviews44

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    Top review
    8/10
    A perfect film about life as it often is: Brutal, hard to take but sometimes very beautiful
    This film is great. As often heard, it is indeed very realistic and sometimes brutal, but unlike some other people I am clearly not of the opinion that it is depressing, negativistic or dismantling Austria as a proto-fascist society. Quite the contrary: While there are indeed some very heavy scenes in HUNDSTAGE and some characters are to be called very bad persons, at the same time you watch love, beauty and humor in Ulrich Seidls film. And that's exactly what distinguishes HUNDSTAGE for me from other films that try to show the lives of the 'ordinary people' in an intense, realistic way; their hustle, their wishes, their dark sides: Seidl clearly never tries to prove, that the lives of the working-class people are trash! In my opinion, viewers who come to this conclusion seem to be very afraid of admitting, that nearly nobody's live is as 'clean' and 'normal' as we would like other people to believe. And that every live has its dark and often depressing sides. The most beautiful scene: The old Viennese man, watching his old girl dancing 'the oriental way', as he is calling it. I think everybody who finds this scene ugly lacks a sense of beauty and should ask themselves what it is, that's proto-fascist: The characters in HUNDSTAGE or viewers, who are turned off by the body of a 70+ year old woman, dancing with all her charms for her lover.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 9, 2001 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Austria
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Días de perro
    • Filming locations
      • Vienna, Austria
    • Production companies
      • Allegro Film
      • Essential Filmproduktion GmbH
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $13,031
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,267
      • Aug 24, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $545,117
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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