Sleeper
Schläfer
Benjamin Heisenberg
Johannes is living in a new country. One day, he is approached by the secret police and asked to follow an Algerian colleague suspected of belonging to a sleeping terrorist cell. He refuses, but begins to wonder. Two men who try to protect their fledgling friendship against the rivalry in the workplace and love.
With : Bastian Trost, Loretta Pflaum, Medhi Nebbou, Gundi Ellert, Wolfgang Pregler
Screenplay : Benjamin Heisenberg
Image : Reinhold Vorschneider
Sound : William Franck, Stephan Michalik
Music : Lorenz Dangel
Decors : Renate Schmaderer
Screenplay : Benjamin Heisenberg
Image : Reinhold Vorschneider
Sound : William Franck, Stephan Michalik
Music : Lorenz Dangel
Decors : Renate Schmaderer
Production : Coop99 filmproduktion Gmbh // Tél : +43 1 3195825 // Email : johannes@coop99.at
International sales: Austrian Film Commission // Tel : +43 1 526 33 23 // Email : festival@afc.at
International sales: Austrian Film Commission // Tel : +43 1 526 33 23 // Email : festival@afc.at
Benjamin Heisenberg was born 9 June 1974 in Tubingen, Germany. He studied at the Munich Academy for Television and Film and, while there, made several short films: Es zogen einst (1995), Terremoto (1996), Hastewas bistewas (1997), Alles wieder still (1998), Der Bombenkönig (2000), Am see (2001), 365 birthdays (2001), and Die Gelegenheit, which won the School Film Grand Jury Prize at the Premiers Plans Festival in 2003. Since 1998, he has edited and published the German magazine "Revolver" (www.revolver-film.de) along with Christoph Hochläusler, Jens Börner and Nicolas Wackerbart. Schläfer, produced by Coop 99, an Austrian production company headed by filmmakers Barbara Albert and Jessica Hausner, is Benjamin Heisenberg's first feature film. "Schläfer is more about the feeling of uncertainty owing to society than security issues related to Islamic terrorism, guilt, or even innocence. A story that draws on solitude and the abasement of people opposed morally and sexually." Benjamin Heisenberg