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Sleeper

Benjamin Heisenberg
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 a seed of doubt has been planted. A fragile friendship which is overshadowed by professional and emotional competition eventually leads to betrayal.
Technical Data
Running time: 100
Format: 35mm
Screen ratio: 1:1.85
Sound: Dolby SRD
Language spoken: German
Subtitles: French, English
Production year: 2005
Credits
Director(s): Benjamin Heisenberg
Writer(s): Benjamin Heisenberg
Cinematography: Reinhold Vorschneider
Editing: Stefan Stabenow, Karina Ressler
Key cast: Bastian Trost, Mehdi Nebbou, Loretta Pflaum, Gundi Ellert, Wolfgang Pregler
Producers: Barbara Albert, Jessica Hausner, Martin Gschlacht, Antonin Svoboda, Peter Heilrath
Premiere:
2005
Cannes (Un Certain Regard)
Awards (selection):

Prix Spécial du Jury (Angers), Max Ophüls Preis (Saarbrücken)

Production company
coop99 filmproduktion
Wasagasse 12/1/1
1090 Vienna
tel:+43 1 319 58 25
With
Juicy Film (D)