Schlaf
SleepWith
- Gro Swantje Kohlhof (Mona)
- Sandra Hüller (Marlene)
- August Schmölzer (Otto)
- Marion Kracht (Lore)
- Agata Buzek (Waltrud)
- Martina Schöne-Radunski (Franzi)
- Max Hubacher (Christoph)
- Andreas Anke (Wolfram Schierling)
- Katharina Behrens (Bille)
- Samuel Weiss (Dr. Herrero)
Crew
Director | Michael Venus |
Screenplay | Thomas Friedrich, Michael Venus |
Cinematography | Marius von Felbert |
Editing | Silke Olthoff |
Music | Sebastian Damerius, Johannes Lehniger |
Sound Design | Stephan Konken, Anders Wasserfall |
Sound | Tim Stephan, Kevin Strauß |
Production Design | Lena Mundt |
Costumes | Petra Kilian |
Make-Up | Tatjana Kraus, Katharina Hepp |
Casting | Marion Haack |
Assistant Directors | Gesine Blanke |
Production Manager | Kivik Kuvik |
Producer | Verena Gräfe-Höft |
Co-Producer | Christian Cloos |
Co-Production | ZDF – Das Kleine Fernsehspiel Mainz |
World Sales
Global Screen
Produced by
Additional information
In co-production with ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel.
Michael Venus
Born in Jena, Germany in 1976, the filmmaker took a degree in visual communication at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. He then worked as a producer at the KiKA children’s TV channel and studied directing at Hamburg Media School. His short graduation film, Roentgen, won numerous awards and was followed by further award-winning film work, commercials and music videos. He has co-written a number of screenplays including “Cowboy und Indianer” (working title, with Karen Köhler) that was nominated for a 2019 German Screenplay Award. Schlaf is his debut feature film.
Filmography
2008 Nicht nah genug; short film 2009 Roentgen; short film 2011 Fluss; short film · Eyjafjallajökull – Tam-Tam 2015 Parasite Single – The Hunt; music video 2019 For Blood the Crowd Bays; short film 2020 Schlaf (Sleep)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020