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Winter Sleepers (1997)
"Winterschläfer" (original title)

 -  Drama | Romance | Thriller  -  30 October 1997 (Germany)
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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 ... See full summary »

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Rene
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Marco
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Rebecca
Marie-Lou Sellem ...
Laura
Josef Bierbichler ...
Theo
Agathe Taffertshofer ...
Theos Frau Edith
Sophia Dirscherl ...
Theos Tochter Marita (as Sofia Dirscherl)
Laura Tonke ...
Nina
Sebastian Schipper ...
Otto
Werner Schnitzer ...
Chefarzt
Saskia Vester ...
Schwester Anna
Robert Meyer ...
Keibl
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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... Written by JRS <jruizs@prodigy.net.mx>

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mountain | coma | nurse | friend | short term memory loss | See more »

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En kærlighedsthriller af Tom Tykwer [Denmark] See more »

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Winter Sleepers  »

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Opening Weekend:

$21,818 (USA) (17 March 2000)

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$316,431 (USA) (25 August 2000)
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When Marco is falling, the parachute on his back is clearly visible. See more »

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Referenced in Memento (2000) See more »

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"For Eight Cellos"
Written by Arvo Pärt
Performed by I Fiamminghi, Rudolf Werthen
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Enthralling.... Thank you Tom Tykwer for making this film!
23 April 1999 | by (Canada) – See all my reviews

Odd how everyone's perception of film is different. I thought this film was fantastic - good acting and characters, fantastic story, beautiful camerawork, excellent music.... etc etc

This film shows that you can still make a unique, original film without stuffing EVERYTHING down the viewers throat. It has the most excellent circularity to it where everyone gets exactly what is coming to them. It is funny, dark, depressing, enthralling, and overall, satisfying.
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