Winter Sleepers

1997•2h 0m•

★6.9(56 ratings)

DramaRomance

Overview

Young blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Rene, local cinema projectionist, steals Marco's car and gets into a car crash with local Theo, whose daughter, after being in coma for a time, dies. Rene suffers from partial short term memory loss and starts a relationship with Laura. Meanwhile Marco is looking for the man who stole his car and Theo - for the man who killed his daughter...

Director

Tom Tykwer

Writers

Tom Tykwer

Watchlist

Main Cast

Ulrich Matthes

René

Marie-Lou Sellem

Laura

Floriane Daniel

Rebecca

Heino Ferch

Marco Mullier

Josef Bierbichler

Theo

Winter Sleepers

1997•2h 0m•

★6.9(56 ratings)

DramaRomance

Overview

Director

Tom Tykwer

Writers

Tom Tykwer

Watchlist

Main Cast

Ulrich Matthes

René

Marie-Lou Sellem

Laura

Floriane Daniel

Rebecca

Heino Ferch

Marco Mullier

Josef Bierbichler

Theo

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Tom Tykwer

Writing

Novel: Anne-Françoise Pyszora
Screenplay: Tom Tykwer

Production

Executive Producer: Maria Köpf
Producer: Stefan Arndt
Casting: An Dorthe Braker

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Reinhold Heil
Original Music Composer: Tom Tykwer
Original Music Composer: Johnny Klimek
Sound Designer: Matthias Lempert
Sound Designer: Arno Wilms
Additional Soundtrack: Arvo Pärt

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Frank Griebe

Editing

Editor: Katja Dringenberg

Art Direction

Production Design: Alexander Manasse
Art Direction: Uli Hanisch

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Aphrodite Kondos

Did You Know?

The original title is "Winterschläfer" (DE).

The film grossed $323.0K at the box office.

The film was directed by Tom Tykwer.

The screenplay was written by Tom Tykwer.

The score was composed by Reinhold Heil.

Cinematography was handled by Frank Griebe.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0120522.

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Rating

6.9/10

Good

56 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Winterschläfer

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

Language:

Deutsch

Country of Origin:

Germany

Revenue:

$323,041

Production Companies:

X Filme Creative Pool

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Winter Sleepers

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Ulrich Matthes

Marie-Lou Sellem

Floriane Daniel

Heino Ferch

Josef Bierbichler

Winter Sleepers

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Ulrich Matthes

Marie-Lou Sellem

Floriane Daniel

Heino Ferch

Josef Bierbichler

Laura Tonke

Sophia Dirscherl

Sebastian Schipper

Saskia Vester

Werner Schnitzer

Simon Donatz

Jakob Donatz

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Direction

Writing

Production

Music & Sound

Cinematography

Editing

Art Direction

Costume & Make-Up

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