Brother of Sleep

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Schlafes Bruder
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German Schlafes Bruder
Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
Written by Robert Schneider
Produced byDanny Krausz
Peter Sterr
Starring
CinematographyJoseph Vilsmaier
Edited byAlexander Berner
Music by Enjott Schneider
Hubert von Goisern
Harald Feller
Distributed by Senator
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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Reception

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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