Sleeper

Schläfer

Germany, Austria

2005

100 Min

Color

2.35:1

German

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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PROD Barbara Albert, Jessica Hausner, Burkhard Althoff, Martin Gschlacht, Peter Heilrath, Antonin Svoboda

CAST Bastian Trost, Mehdi Nebbou, Loretta Pflaum, Gundi Ellert, Wolfgang Pregler, Charlotte Eschmann, Ludwig Bang, Masayuki Akiyoshi

ED Karina Ressler, Stefan Stabenow

Johannes, a new assistant at the university, is asked to provide reports on an Algerian colleague – who is suspected of being a sleeper. He refuses, but the seed of doubt has been planted. A fragile friendship which is overshadowed by professional and emotional competition eventually leads to betrayal. (Benjamin Heisenberg) —IMDb

Director

Benjamin Heisenberg

Benjamin Heisenberg (born 9 June 1974) is a German film director and screenwriter. He has directed seven films since 1996. His film Schläfer was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film, The Robber, was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. He is also the grandson of Nobel Prize winning physicist Werner Heisenberg via father Martin Heisenberg. —Wikipedia