Fabian: Going to the Dogs. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1931 book, Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist
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Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist
Erich Kästner, 1931
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Dominik Graf, 2021

In 1931, Jakob Fabian works as a copywriter for a cigarette company in Berlin. Fabian holds a nihilistic view on love and life, having been traumatized by his experience as a soldier in World War I. During one of his outings at an underground club, Fabian meets Cornelia, an aspiring film actress.


The Parent Trap. Poster of the 1961 movie and cover of the 1949 book, Lottie and Lisa
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Lottie and Lisa
Erich Kästner, 1949
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David Swift, 1961

Identical twins Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers meet at Miss Inch’s Summer Camp for Girls, unaware that they are sisters. Their identical appearance initially creates rivalry, and they pull pranks on each other. After discovering that they both come from single-parent homes, they soon realize they are twin sisters and that their parents, divorced shortly after their birth, with each parent having custody of one of them.


The Parent Trap. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1949 book, Lottie and Lisa
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Lottie and Lisa
Erich Kästner, 1949
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Nancy Meyers, 1998

In 1986, American winery owner Nicholas Parker and British wedding gown designer Elizabeth James get married over the course of a transatlantic crossing on the Queen Elizabeth 2. However, shortly after the birth of their identical twin daughters, Annie and Hallie, they get divorced and each has sole custody of one girl.


It Takes Two. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1949 book, Lottie and Lisa
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Lottie and Lisa
Erich Kästner, 1949
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Andy Tennant, 1995

Amanda Lemmon is a 9-year-old orphan, and she is about to be adopted by the Butkises, a family known to collect kids. While at summer camp, Amanda meets an identical girl named Alyssa Callaway, who has come home from boarding school, only to find that her wealthy father, Roger, the camp’s owner, is about to marry Clarice Kensington, an overbearing self-centered gold-digging socialite.