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''Brother of Sleep'' () is a 1995 German film directed by
Joseph Vilsmaier Joseph Vilsmaier (, 24 January 1939 – 11 February 2020) was a German film director who began his career as a technician and cameraman. He is internationally known for films such as ''Comedian Harmonists (film), Comedian Harmonists''. Life Bo ...
and based on the novel ''
Schlafes Bruder ''Schlafes Bruder'' is a novel by Austrian writer Robert Schneider, first published in German in 1992. It was an international success and was adapted into a feature film and an opera, among others. History The plot is set in an Austrian mounta ...
'' by Austrian writer
Robert Schneider Robert Peter Schneider (born March 9, 1971) is an American musician and mathematician. He is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer of rock/pop band the Apples in Stereo and has produced and performed on albums by Neutral Milk Ho ...
. It was chosen as Germany's official submission to the
68th Academy Awards The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1995 in the United States and took place on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles begi ...
for
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, but did not manage to receive a nomination.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.


Cast

* as Elias *
Dana Vávrová Dana Vávrová (; 9 August 1967 – 5 February 2009) was a Czech-German film actress and director. She was one of the most popular German actresses throughout 1980s and early 1990s. After her role in Herbstmilch as Anna Wimschneider in 1989, she ...
as Elsbeth *
Ben Becker Ben Becker (born 19 December 1964) is a German film, theatre and voice actor. Biography Becker was born in Bremen, the son of actress Monika Hansen and actor Rolf Becker. He is the brother of actress Meret Becker and the stepson of Otto Sande ...
as Peter *
Jochen Nickel Jochen Nickel (born 10 April 1959) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than 160 films and TV series since 1988. Life Nickel, a trained road builder, came to the stage in 1981 and was a member of the theater group Theaterpathologisches In ...
as Köhler Michel *
Jürgen Schornagel Jürgen Schornagel (born 1939) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1966. Selected filmography References External links * 1939 births Living people German male film actors {{Germany-actor-s ...
as Kurat Benzer *
Paulus Manker Paulus Manker (born 25 January 1958) is an Austrian film director and actor, as well as an author and screenplay writer. Manker is considered one of the most maverick German-speaking actors, and polarizes public opinion like scarcely no other. ...
as Lehrer Oskar *Michaela Rosen as Seffin *Peter Franke as Seff *
Detlef Bothe Detlef Bothe (born 9 December 1957) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by popula ...
as Lukas *
Michael Mendl Michael Mendl (born Michael Sandrock; 20 April 1944) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1975. He is best known internationally for his role in '' Downfall'', the 2004 movie about Adolf Hitler's final days inside the ...
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).


See also

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List of submissions to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films ...
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List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Germany has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since the creation of the award in 1956. The award is handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length mo ...


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1995 drama films 1995 films German drama films Films directed by Joseph Vilsmaier Films based on Austrian novels Films set in Austria Films set in the 19th century 1990s German-language films 1990s German films {{1990s-Germany-film-stub