Wintersleepers

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Winterschläfer

Directed by	Tom Tykwer
Produced by	Stefan Arndt Maria Köpf Arte, FPV, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Palladio Film, WDR, X Filme Creative Pool
Written by	Anne-Françoise Pyszora (novel Expanse of Spirit) Tom Tykwer
Starring	Ulrich Matthes (Rene) Marie-Lou Sellem (Laura) Floriane Daniel (Rebecca) Heino Ferch (Marco) Josef Bierbichler (Theo)
Music by	Reinhold Heil Tom Tykwer Johnny Klimek
Editing by	Katja Dringenberg
Distributed by	Prokino Filmverleih Bavaria Film International
Release date(s)	30 October 1997
Running time	124 min
Country	Germany
Language	German
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Winterschläfer (English: Wintersleepers) is a German film, the second full-length feature by director Tom Tykwer; it was released in 1997, premiered at the Locarno festival.

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Floriane Daniel in Winterschläfer

The film is set in the deeply snowy alpine winter resort of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria; the story begins shortly after Christmas Day, with five people returning, not all of whom are connected.

Laura, a nurse, and Rebecca, a translator, live together in the house that Rebecca inherited from her great aunt. Rene is a projectionist in a cinema who has problems with his short-term memory. Marco is Rebecca's boyfriend, who drives an expensive Alfa Romeo. Theo is a farmer who lives with his wife and daughter on a poor farm nearby.