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Winter Sleepers

Original title: Winterschläfer
  • 1997
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
4.6K
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Winter Sleepers (1997)
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DramaRomanceThriller

Setting in a small mountain town, a man, looking for revenge because of his daughter's accidentally killing, mistakenly track out a young couple, troubling with their ordinary life problems.Setting in a small mountain town, a man, looking for revenge because of his daughter's accidentally killing, mistakenly track out a young couple, troubling with their ordinary life problems.Setting in a small mountain town, a man, looking for revenge because of his daughter's accidentally killing, mistakenly track out a young couple, troubling with their ordinary life problems.

  • Director
    • Tom Tykwer
  • Writers
    • Anne-Françoise Pyszora
    • Tom Tykwer
  • Stars
    • Ulrich Matthes
    • Marie-Lou Sellem
    • Floriane Daniel
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    4.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tom Tykwer
    • Writers
      • Anne-Françoise Pyszora
      • Tom Tykwer
    • Stars
      • Ulrich Matthes
      • Marie-Lou Sellem
      • Floriane Daniel
    • 52User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 9 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Ulrich Matthes
    Ulrich Matthes
    • Rene
    Marie-Lou Sellem
    • Laura
    Floriane Daniel
    Floriane Daniel
    • Rebecca
    Heino Ferch
    Heino Ferch
    • Marco
    Josef Bierbichler
    Josef Bierbichler
    • Theo
    Agathe Taffertshofer
    • Theos Frau
    Sophia Dirscherl
    • Theos Tochter
    • (as Sofia Dirscherl)
    Simon Donatz
    • Theos Sohn
    Jakob Donatz
    • Theos Sohn
    Laura Tonke
    Laura Tonke
    • Nina
    Werner Schnitzer
    • Chefarzt
    Sebastian Schipper
    Sebastian Schipper
    • Otto
    Robert Meyer
    • Polizist
    Harry Täschner
    • Gerichtsvollzieher
    Walter Anichhofer
    • Souffleur
    Martin Leutgeb
    • 2. Polizist
    Melanie Palmberger
    • Ninas Freundin
    Michaela Prahauser
    • Ninas Freundin
    • Director
      • Tom Tykwer
    • Writers
      • Anne-Françoise Pyszora
      • Tom Tykwer
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      The characters are color-coded.
    • Goofs
      When Marco is falling, the parachute on his back is clearly visible.
    • Connections
      Featured in Die Hände meiner Mutter (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Untitled #1
      Written by Josh Haden

      Performed by Spain

    User reviews52

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    8/10
    The Cycle of Life Through the Lives of Five Persons
    This movie pictures the life of five characters connect by a car accident in a snowing road, provoked by the projectionist Rene (Ulrich Matthes) and the broken farmer Theo (Josef Bierbichler). Rene is a kind of melancholic intellectual, who has amnesia problem and takes picture of the most important events of his life to recall them. One night he drinks too much and steals the car of the ski trainer Marco (Heino Ferch) just for fun. Due to a lack of attention of Theo on the road, there is a dreadful accident, when his young daughter is seriously hurt in the head. She is sent to a hospital without the necessary resources for such a case, but she is unable to be transferred to another suitable place due to the bad weather and her conditions. The nurse in charge of the young girl is Laura (Marie-Lou Sellen), an anorexic woman full of problems and inferiority complex due to her body, who lives in a house inherited from her grandmother with her friend Rebecca (the delicious and sexy Floriane Daniel). Rebecca works in translation, usually wears red colored clothes and has a kind of engagement (indeed their relationship is limited to sex) with Marco. He is a typical unfaithful male man, sexually chasing the women trained by him and being an empty person. The story is a kind of metaphor with the cycle of life, through the lives of five persons with different attitudes and behavior, who are linked by an incident, having death and birth but with life going on. The direction and the performance of the cast are excellent and the photography is wonderful. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): `Winter Sleepers – Inverno Quente' (`Winter Sleepers – Hot Winter')
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    • Aug 28, 2004

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 30, 1997 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • У зимовій сплячці
    • Filming locations
      • Hallein, Salzburg, Austria(Sleepers Bar)
    • Production companies
      • X-Filme Creative Pool
      • Palladio Film
      • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $323,041
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $21,818
      • Mar 19, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $323,041
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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