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The Tobacconist

2018 · 109 min · Director: Nikolaus Leytner ★ IMDb 6.5 · 2,355 ratings

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Based on the international bestseller by Robert Seethaler. A tender, heart-breaking story about one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna....

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The Tobacconist (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Love 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Love. Genres: Drama, History, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Empathy
Sadness
Tension
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 18 %, then peaks around 83 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness50 %37 %43 %16 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Empathy46 %35 %28 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor41 %28 %14 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Humor40 %25 %10 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Humor47 %27 %10 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Tension53 %34 %15 %34 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Empathy51 %40 %21 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Humor49 %39 %19 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Love55 %41 %22 %16 %
47.5 %≈ 52′Love59 %46 %32 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Tension64 %49 %36 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 63′Tension71 %51 %38 %66 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Tension77 %59 %46 %73 %
67.5 %≈ 74′Tension77 %64 %49 %74 %
72.5 %≈ 79′Tension72 %64 %49 %66 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Sadness76 %70 %64 %62 %
82.5 %≈ 90′Sadness84 %76 %77 %64 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Sadness83 %75 %73 %63 %
92.5 %≈ 101′Empathy80 %74 %69 %56 %
97.5 %≈ 106′Sadness82 %76 %75 %53 %
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

SM
Simon Morzé

EN
Emma Nova

Anezka

KE
Karoline Eichhorn

Anna Freud

RF
Regina Fritsch

Margarete Huchel

EI
Elfriede Irrall

Martha Freud

MF
Michael Fitz

'Red Egon'

RW
Rainer Wöss

Mr. Rosshuber

SH
Sabine Herget

Mrs. Rosshuber

GD
Gerti Drassl

Doctor's Wife

GL
Gerhard Liebmann

Heinzi

HS
Hermann Scheidleder

Fat Man

RS
Robert Seethaler

Thin Man

AE
Alexander E. Fennon

Gestapo Receptionist

JB
Jasmin Barbara Mairhofer

Cabaret Waitress

EM
Erni Mangold

Lady with Fur Hat

CA
Carl Achleitner

Priest

FE
Fritz Egger

Preininger

GB
Gottfried Breitfuß

Engineer

Details

Directed by
Nikolaus Leytner
Written by
Klaus Richter, Nikolaus Leytner, Robert Seethaler
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
109 min
Country
Austria, Germany
Genres
Drama, History, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 2,355 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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