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Schlaf = Sleep /

Marlene pursues an investigation of a place that only exists in her nightmares. She suffers a breakdown and is admitted to a psychiatric ward when she discovers the place to be real. Her daughter Mona tries to uncover what happened to her mother and finds herself in Stainbach, a village with a dark...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Schlaf (Motion picture : 2020 : Venus)
Other Authors: Venus, Michael, 1976- (Director, Screenwriter, Commentator), Friedrich, Thomas (Screenwriter), Kohlhof, Gro Swantje, 1994- (Actor, Commentator), Hüller, Sandra (Actor), Schmölzer, August, 1958- (Actor), Kracht, Marion (Actor), Buzek, Agata, 1976- (Actor), Hubacher, Max, 1993- (Actor), Cloos, Christian (Producer), Von Felbert, Marius (Cinematographer), Newman, Kim (Commentator), Hogan, Sean (Producer and director) (Commentator), Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra, 1974- (Commentator), Bitel, Anton, 1970- (Commentator), Milne, Louise S. (Commentator), Vieweg, Christoph
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:German
Language Notes:In German with optional English subtitles.
Published: [London] : Arrow Films, [2022]
Edition:[Blu-ray version].
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters > Germany > Drama.
Nightmares > Drama.
Legends > Germany > Drama.
Parapsychology > Drama.
Nightmares in motion pictures.
Horror films.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures.
Description
Summary:Marlene pursues an investigation of a place that only exists in her nightmares. She suffers a breakdown and is admitted to a psychiatric ward when she discovers the place to be real. Her daughter Mona tries to uncover what happened to her mother and finds herself in Stainbach, a village with a dark history.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2020 (2021 in USA).
Illustrated collector's booklet (48 pages ; illustrations) with an essay by Alison Peirse, an interview with director Michael Venus, and Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Frau Trude" inserted in container.
Limited edition features include: audio commentary by film critic and historian Kim Newman & author Sean Hogan ; A strange dark magic, a visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas ; Sleepwalking through national trauma, a visual essay by film critic Anton Bitel ; Dream & folktale in sleep, an interview with anthropologist, dream researcher, and filmmaker Louise S. Milne ; This is no dream, a short introduction by director Michael Venus and star Gro Swantje Kohlhof ; Talking in their sleep, director Michael Venus and star Gro Swantje Kohlhof in conversation ; A dream we dream together, a compilation of film festival introductions created during lockdown by director Michael Venus and the cast of Sleep [Schlaf] ; Making dreams come true, a glimpse behind the scenes of Sleep [Schlaf] ; Deleted scenes ; Marlene's sketches, explore the many obsessive dream journal sketches that are only glimpsed in the film, created by artist Christoph Vieweg ;Trailer ; Image gallery.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (48 pages : color illustrations ; 15 x 12 cm)
Format:Blu-ray, regions A, B; 1080p High Definition ; aspect ratio: 2.39:1 ; 5.1 or 2.0 Dolby digital sound formats ; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Marius von Felbert ; editing, Silke Olthoff ; music, Sebastian Damerius, Johannes Lehniger.