---
title: 'Brother of Sleep (1995)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joseph Vilsmaier'
released: '1995-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 127
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/brother-of-sleep-1995'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114354/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Brother of Sleep (1995)

1995 · 127 min · Drama, Music, Romance · Germany

Original title: Schlafes Bruder

## Synopsis

Brother of Sleep 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joseph Vilsmaier](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-vilsmaier)
- **Producer:** [Joseph Vilsmaier](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-vilsmaier), [Danny Krausz](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-krausz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph Vilsmaier](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-vilsmaier)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-schneider)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Enjott Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/enjott-schneider)
- **Editor:** [Alexander Berner](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-berner)

## Cast

- [Michaela Rosen](https://cinepixo.com/people/michaela-rosen)
- [Michael Mendl](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mendl)
- [Ben Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-becker)
- [Josef Hendrichs](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-hendrichs)
- [Gilbert von Sohlern](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-von-sohlern)
- [Heinz Emigholz](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-emigholz)
- [Detlef Bothe](https://cinepixo.com/people/detlef-bothe)
- [Markéta Sedláčková](https://cinepixo.com/people/marketa-sedlackova)
- [Bořivoj Navrátil](https://cinepixo.com/people/borivoj-navratil)
- [Martin Heesch](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-heesch)
- [Peter Franke](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-franke)
- [Jürgen Schornagel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-schornagel)
- [Herbert Knaup](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-knaup)
- [Jana Altmannová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-altmannova)
- [Jan Přeučil](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-preucil)

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