Sleeping Sickness (Schlafkrankheit) 12 years old

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.

Credits

Sleeping Sickness Cast

Name Character
Sava Lolov He was 41, now 54 years old as Elia Todorov
Nathalie Richard She was 48, now 61 years old
Pierre Bokma He was 55, now 68 years old as Ebbo Velten
Jenny Schily She was 44, now 56 years old as Vera Velten
Jean-Christophe Folly He was 58, now 71 years old as Alex Nzila
Hippolyte Girardot He was 55, now 68 years old as Gaspard Signac
Thierry Hancisse He was 48, now 61 years old
Maria Elise Miller as Helen Velten
Ali Mvondo Roland as Ruhemba
Francis Noukiatchom as Dr. Monese
Isacar Yinkou as Joseph

Sleeping Sickness Crew

Name Department
Katrin Schlösser as Producer. She was 46 (now 58) years old Production
Ulrich Köhler as Director. He was 172 (64) years old when He died Directing
Ulrich Köhler as Screenplay. He was 172 (64) years old when He died Writing
Birgitt Kilian as Costume Design. Costume & Make-Up
Tobias Peper as Sound Designer. Sound
Patrick Orth as Cinematography. He was 43 (now 56) years old Crew
Janine Jackowski as Producer. She was 35 (now 48) years old Production
Maren Ade as Producer. She was 34 (now 47) years old Production
Katharina Wartena as Editor. Editing
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Sleeping Sickness (12 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, June 22, 2011
  • Runtime: 91 minutes