Brother of Sleep

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Schlafes Bruder
Film poster
GermanSchlafes Bruder
Directed byJoseph Vilsmaier
Written byRobert Schneider
Produced byDanny Krausz
Peter Sterr
Starring
CinematographyJoseph Vilsmaier
Edited byAlexander Berner
Music byEnjott Schneider
Hubert von Goisern
Harald Feller
Distributed bySenator
Release date
  • 8 September 1995 (1995-09-08) (TIFF)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
Box office$6 million (Germany)[1]

Brother of Sleep (German: Schlafes Bruder) is a 1995 German film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and based on the novel Schlafes Bruder by Austrian writer Robert Schneider. It was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.[2][3][4]

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It was the fourth most popular German film of the year with a gross of 9.9 million Deutsche Mark ($6 million).[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Top 5 Domestic Films 1995". Screen International. 5 April 1996. p. 15.
  2. ^ H. G. Pflaum. "On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". German Films. Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
  3. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  4. ^ "41 to Compete for Foreign Language Oscar Nominations". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

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