Brother of Sleep

Schlafes Bruder
Film poster
German	Schlafes Bruder
Directed by	Joseph Vilsmaier
Written by	Robert Schneider
Produced by	Danny Krausz Peter Sterr
Starring	André Eisermann Dana Vávrová Ben Becker Jochen Nickel
Cinematography	Joseph Vilsmaier
Edited by	Alexander Berner
Music by	Enjott Schneider Hubert von Goisern Harald Feller
Distributed by	Senator
Release date	8 September 1995 (1995-09-08) (TIFF)
Running time	127 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German
Box office	$6 million (Germany)[1]

Brother of Sleep (German: Schlafes Bruder) is a 1995 German film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and based on the novel Schlafes Bruder by Austrian writer Robert Schneider. It was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.[2][3][4]

Cast

• André Eisermann [de] as Elias
• Dana Vávrová as Elsbeth
• Ben Becker as Peter
• Jochen Nickel as Köhler Michel
• Jürgen Schornagel as Kurat Benzer
• Paulus Manker as Lehrer Oskar
• Michaela Rosen as Seffin
• Peter Franke as Seff
• Detlef Bothe as Lukas
• Michael Mendl as Nulf

Reception

It was the fourth most popular German film of the year with a gross of 9.9 million Deutsche Mark ($6 million).[1]

See also

• List of submissions to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "Top 5 Domestic Films 1995". Screen International. 5 April 1996. p. 15.
2. H. G. Pflaum. "On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". German Films. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
4. "41 to Compete for Foreign Language Oscar Nominations". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

External links

• Brother of Sleep at IMDb
• Reviews at Rotten Tomatoes