Winter Sleepers

Winter Sleepers

Winter Sleepers

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Winter Sleepers

1997

2h 0m

6.9(57 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

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...

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Ulrich Matthes

Ulrich Matthes

René

Marie-Lou Sellem

Laura

Floriane Daniel

Floriane Daniel

Rebecca

Heino Ferch

Heino Ferch

Marco Mullier

Josef Bierbichler

Josef Bierbichler

Theo

Laura Tonke

Laura Tonke

Nina

Sophia Dirscherl

Marita

Sebastian Schipper

Sebastian Schipper

Otto

Saskia Vester

Saskia Vester

Anna

Werner Schnitzer

Chefarzt

Creative team

Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Written by: Tom Tykwer
Produced by: Stefan Arndt

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