Schlafkrankheit (2011)

Sleeping Sickness

Ebbo and Vera Velten have spent the better part of the past twenty years living in different African countries. Ebbo is the manager of a sleeping sickness programme. His work is fulfilling. Vera, however, feels increasingly lost in Yaounde’s ex-pat community. She can’t bear the separation from her 14-year-old daughter, Helen, who is attending boarding school in Germany. Ebbo must give up his life in Africa or he risks losing the woman he loves. But his fear of returning to a land now remote to him increases with each passing day. Years later. Alex Nzila, a young French doctor of Congolese origin, travels to Cameroon to evaluate a development project. It’s been a long time since he set foot on this continent, but, instead of finding new prospects, he encounters a destructive, lost man. Like a phantom, Ebbo slips away from his evaluator.

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Pierre Bokma
Pierre Bokma
as Ebbo Velten
Jean-Christophe Folly
Jean-Christophe Folly
as Alex Nzila
Jenny Schily
Jenny Schily
as Vera Velten
Hippolyte Girardot
Hippolyte Girardot
as Gaspard Signac
Maria Elise Miller
Maria Elise Miller
as Helen Velten
Sava Lolov
Sava Lolov
as Elia Todorov
Francis Noukiatchom
Francis Noukiatchom
as Dr. Monese
Ali Mvondo Roland
Ali Mvondo Roland
as Ruhemba
Isacar Yinkou
Isacar Yinkou
as Joseph
Nathalie Richard
Nathalie Richard
as
Thierry Hancisse
Thierry Hancisse
as
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Ulrich Köhler
Ulrich Köhler
Screenplay
Ulrich Köhler
Ulrich Köhler
Director
Katharina Wartena
Katharina Wartena
Editor
Eva Könnemann
Eva Könnemann
Editor
Birgitt Kilian
Birgitt Kilian
Costume Design
Katrin Schlösser
Katrin Schlösser
Producer
Janine Jackowski
Janine Jackowski
Producer
Maren Ade
Maren Ade
Producer
Tobias Peper
Tobias Peper
Sound Designer
Ulrike Müller
Ulrike Müller
Casting
Patrick Orth
Patrick Orth
Director of Photography
Kris Portier de Bellair
Kris Portier de Bellair
Casting
Jochen Dehn
Jochen Dehn
Production Design
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