Sleeper (2005 film)
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Sleeper is a 2005 Austrian
-German
drama film
directed by Benjamin Heisenberg. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
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Cinema of Austria
Austria has had an active cinema industry since the early 20th century. Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky was among the Austrian pioneers of this art. Several Austrians pursued a career in pre-Nazi Germany and later in the United States, among them Fritz Lang, Josef von Sternberg, Billy Wilder, Fred...
-German
Cinema of Germany
Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Benjamin Heisenberg. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
2005 Cannes Film Festival
The 2005 Cannes Film Festival started on May 11 and ran until May 22. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on May 21...
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Cast
- Bastian TrostBastian TrostBastian Trost is a German actor. He has appeared in 30 films and television shows since 1994. He starred in the film Schläfer, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- Johannes Mehrveldt - Mehdi NebbouMehdi NebbouMehdi Nebbou is a French actor born in Bayonne, France to a German mother and an Algerian father.-Career:Mehdi Nebbou started his career by playing in the movie My Sweet Home, directed by Filipos Tsitos....
- Farid Atabay - Loretta Pflaum - Beate Werner
- Gundi EllertGundi EllertGundi Ellert is a German television actress.- External links :*...
- Frau Wasser - Wolfgang Pregler - Professor Behringer
- Charlotte Eschmann - Johannes' Grandmother
- Ludwig Bang - Secret service agent
- Masayuki Akiyoshi - Fei Li
- Marco Schuler - Robert Königsbauer
- Jürgen Geißendörfer - Markus
- Dominik Dudy - LAN-student
- Andrea FaciuAndrea FaciuAndrea Faciu is a Romanian artist who lives since 1991 in Germany.She graduated from the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Munich, where she studied with Olaf Metzel.She lives in Munich, Germany and Berlin.-Exhibitions:...
- Singer - Gordana Stevic - Mrs. Stevic
- Christine Böhm - Mrs. Schmid
- Anke Euler - Animal Nurse