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Fox and His Friends

1975 · 125 min · Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder ★ IMDb 7.5 · 7,727 ratings

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Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. He enters an abusive relationship with wealthy industrialist Eugen in an attempt to climb the social ladder. His desperation for love and affection soon spirals into tragedy.

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Fox and His Friends (1975) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 34%, Empathy 25%, Disturbing 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love13%
  2. Anger10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Disturbing. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Empathy
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 3 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension40 %27 %33 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Empathy43 %25 %34 %24 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Humor46 %20 %33 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Empathy46 %19 %34 %32 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Tension46 %20 %36 %36 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Empathy48 %19 %40 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 41′Empathy48 %18 %43 %37 %
37.5 %≈ 47′Empathy46 %16 %40 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 53′Empathy48 %16 %39 %40 %
47.5 %≈ 59′Tension55 %24 %46 %45 %
52.5 %≈ 66′Empathy61 %34 %54 %48 %
57.5 %≈ 72′Empathy57 %34 %50 %46 %
62.5 %≈ 78′Empathy50 %29 %41 %44 %
67.5 %≈ 84′Tension54 %32 %44 %48 %
72.5 %≈ 91′Empathy60 %40 %53 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 97′Sadness63 %48 %56 %50 %
82.5 %≈ 103′Sadness73 %60 %65 %59 %
87.5 %≈ 109′Sadness83 %73 %76 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 116′Sadness88 %83 %81 %50 %
97.5 %≈ 122′Sadness92 %90 %83 %50 %
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

PC
Peter Chatel

KB
Karlheinz Böhm

AH
Adrian Hoven

CM
Christiane Maybach

HB
Harry Baer

HB
Harry Baer

Philip

HZ
Hans Zander

KR
Kurt Raab

KR
Kurt Raab

Wodka-Peter

RL
Rudolf Lenz

KS
Karl Scheydt

KS
Karl Scheydt

Klaus

PK
Peter Kern

Florist "Fatty" Schmidt

KS
Karl-Heinz Staudenmeyer

Krapp

WS
Walter Sedlmayr

Car Dealer

BL
Bruce Low

Doctor

MB
Marquard Bohm

American Soldier

BM
Brigitte Mira

Shopkeeper #2

EK
Evelyn Künneke

Secretary at Travel Agency

BV
Barbara Valentin

Albine

EK
Elma Karlowa

Shopkeeper #1

IC
Ingrid Caven

Singer in Bar

Details

Written by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Christian Hohoff
Type
Movies
Released
1975
Runtime
125 min
Country
Germany
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 7,727 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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