Die Frau des Schläfers

20100 DE

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6.2

MID

★6.2TMDB · 4

Thriller

Synopsis

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Karla works in a call center. She marries Zaid Yakin and has a happy marriage with him. Even the death of her father-in-law gives Karla no reason to doubt the perfection of her family, until one night she discovers that her husband and son Hamy have disappeared without a trace. Shortly afterwards, she is made privy to the ongoing investigation by officials from the Federal Intelligence Service. It seems that her husband has returned to his home country, Sudan, to plan a terrorist attack. Karla travels to Africa to look for her son disguised as a Muslim woman wearing a burka and finds out that Zaid has been lying to her from the start: his relatives are by no means destitute, but arms dealers. He himself is a "sleeper" and is supposed to sacrifice himself as a suicide bomber: his target is the Christmas market...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yvonne Catterfeld
Karla Ben Yakin
René Ifrah
Zaid Ben Yakin
Ercan Durmaz
Tarif Al Hiri
David A. Hamade
Murat Ben Yakin
Faraz Kafi
Hamy Ben Yakin
Ludger Pistor
Markus Bender
Aiman Mazyek
Polizist
Ulas Kilic
Gemeindevorsteher

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Edzard Onneken
Writers: Benedikt Röskau, Sylvia Leuker
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Yvonne Catterfeld and René Ifrah and Ercan Durmaz carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1572998 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Edzard Onneken directs. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 16 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Yvonne Catterfeld and René Ifrah and Ercan Durmaz carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt1572998 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.