Winter Sleepers

Winter Sleepers (1997)

Winterschläfer

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...

Date of release
1997-10-30
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (61)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Tom Tykwer

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Cologne

Winter Sleepers is a 1997 German film directed by Tom Tykwer. It premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival.

Production

The film is based on the novel Expense of Spirit by Anne-Françoise Pyszora; however, this original story does not contain the character of Theo, and takes place in summer: Tykwer felt the film would be more attractive in a snowy winter setting. The story of the two couples is faithful to the novel.

The soundtrack album was released on 3 November 1997 on Ariola Records/BMG. The tracks include the song "Untitled #1" by Spain and the orchestral piece Fratres by Arvo Pärt, which crop up on multiple occasions in the film. The CD is no longer in print.

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