Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog
2019 · 93 min · Director: Lynn Roth
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
SHEPHERD is based on the award-winning and bestselling novel, "The Jewish Dog," by Asher Kravitz. Kaleb, a beloved German Shepherd, is separated from his Jewish family when the Nuremberg Laws are enacted in WWII Berlin. He is adopted by an SS Officer who trains him to attack and round up Jews at a concentration camp. Kaleb is well cared for and good at his job until one day when he is distracted by a familiar scent. His original master, a young boy named Joshua, has arrived as a prisoner of the camp. Kaleb has not lost his loyalty to Joshua who finds solace when he gets a job feeding the animals and can spend time with Kaleb. Joshua's life is at risk. Together they escape the camp and after months of near-death experiences, they are found by partisans who help Joshua make safe passage.
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Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Empathy 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Fear. Genres: Mystery, Action, Family. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Tension
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Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Love | 49 % | 30 % | 7 % | 13 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Love | 48 % | 34 % | 18 % | 22 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Sadness | 54 % | 46 % | 41 % | 35 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Sadness | 67 % | 60 % | 62 % | 43 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Sadness | 66 % | 59 % | 61 % | 42 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Sadness | 54 % | 51 % | 46 % | 36 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Empathy | 51 % | 48 % | 35 % | 36 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Tension | 58 % | 45 % | 31 % | 49 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Tension | 66 % | 43 % | 35 % | 60 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Tension | 72 % | 51 % | 50 % | 65 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Sadness | 79 % | 69 % | 65 % | 73 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Tension | 84 % | 75 % | 64 % | 81 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Tension | 87 % | 75 % | 62 % | 82 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Sadness | 84 % | 74 % | 64 % | 76 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Tension | 78 % | 70 % | 60 % | 60 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Sadness | 75 % | 69 % | 59 % | 43 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 77′ | Hope | 74 % | 68 % | 55 % | 54 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Tension | 78 % | 69 % | 53 % | 73 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Joshua
Greta
Mrs. Komorsky's Daughter
Stengel
Peter
SS Training Official
Mr. Komorsky
Rachel Schoenmann
Details
- Directed by
- Lynn Roth
- Written by
- Lynn Roth, Asher Kravitz
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2019
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Country
- United States, Hungary
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
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