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Fog in August

2016 · 126 min · Director: Kai Wessel ★ IMDb 7.3 · 3,320 ratings

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A Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what is happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives of the child victims, and the struggles of the child protagonist. More than 5,000 children were killed in the Nazi euthanasia program.

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Fog in August (2016) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Anxiety 25%, Empathy 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, Anxiety, Empathy. Genres: Drama, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Anxiety and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Disturbing
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Empathy
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 23 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityDisturbingEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy53 %27 %58 %35 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Empathy54 %29 %58 %36 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Empathy57 %35 %59 %38 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Empathy63 %35 %63 %44 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Sadness71 %46 %59 %51 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Disturbing80 %71 %51 %49 %
32.5 %≈ 41′Disturbing83 %83 %60 %55 %
37.5 %≈ 47′Sadness83 %83 %71 %69 %
42.5 %≈ 54′Disturbing80 %78 %73 %69 %
47.5 %≈ 60′Empathy80 %75 %73 %64 %
52.5 %≈ 66′Disturbing84 %81 %69 %56 %
57.5 %≈ 72′Disturbing83 %83 %64 %46 %
62.5 %≈ 79′Disturbing84 %84 %63 %48 %
67.5 %≈ 85′Disturbing91 %90 %68 %63 %
72.5 %≈ 91′Sadness94 %83 %76 %66 %
77.5 %≈ 98′Tension91 %70 %80 %60 %
82.5 %≈ 104′Sadness92 %78 %83 %70 %
87.5 %≈ 110′Disturbing95 %90 %86 %83 %
92.5 %≈ 117′Sadness97 %92 %88 %88 %
97.5 %≈ 123′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

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

IP
Ivo Pietzcker

JH
Jule Hermann

FH
Fritzi Haberlandt

Head nurse Sophia

TS
Thomas Schubert

Paul Hechtle

HC
Henriette Confurius

Edith Kiefer

BS
Branko Samarovski

Max Witt

KM
Karl Markovics

Christian Lossa

NP
Niklas Post

Josef

PH
Patrick Heyn

Nazi

JS
Juls Serger

Hermann Klein

FS
Franziska Singer

Mrs. Klein

AW
Arne Wichert

Toni

LH
Lyonel Hollaender

Christoph

Details

Directed by
Kai Wessel
Written by
Holger Karsten Schmidt, Robert Domes
Type
Movies
Released
2016
Runtime
126 min
Country
Germany, Austria
Genres
Drama, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 3,320 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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