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Sleepwalker (2000)

Country of Origin: Sweden/Norway
Year of Production: 2000
Running Times: 95 mins
Length:
Format:
Colour Format: colour
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Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Filmkameratene A/S / Filmnor/Svensk Filmindustri
Produced by: John M. Jacobsen
Associate Producer: Arve Figenschow
Production Managers: Arve Figenschow, Per Nilsson, Johan Skaneby

SCRIPT
Script: Johan Brännström

DIRECTION
Director: Johannes Runeborg
First Assistant Directors: Monika Kristiansen, Daniel Wagner
Script Supervisors: Lotta Lejdström, Lisa Tolonen

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Håkan Holmberg
Underwater Camera Operator: Ulf Aneer
Steadicam Operator: Scott Lakey
First Assistant Camera: Anna Dahlgren
Second Assistant Camera: Sanna Auramo
Gaffer: Anders Bill
Best Boy: Mathias Carlzohn, Mikael Donzelli, Fredrik Gard
Electricians: Håkan Hall, Bengt Steiner
Grips: Pontus Hellberg, Pelle Mellqvist, Hans Rytting
Film Lab: FilmTeknikk Norge

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: Johan Brännström, Johannes Runeborg
Negative Cutter: Tor-Ole Aagedal
Colour Timer: Jan-Erik Nielsen

MUSIC
Music: Christian Kribbe Sandqvist

SOUND
Sound: Anders Lindgren, Johan Stedje, Annika Thedvall
Boom Operator: Stefan Sundberg
Sound Design: Norsk Filmstudio
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Petter Fladeby
Supervising Sound Editor: Gisle Tveito
Sound Editor: Johannes Runeborg
Foley Artists: Hugo Ekornes, Ove Valeskog, Erik S. Watland
Foley & Sound Effects Editor: Hugo Ekornes

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designers: Runa Fønne, Isabelle Olander
Make Up: Charlotta Gustavsson, Aki Siik, Karin Sjöstedt

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects Artist: Johanna Rönnbäck, Kaj Steveman

VISUAL EFFECTS
Digital Effects: Øyvind Bråss
Optical Effects: Bente Santi Helle

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Johan Harnesk
Assistant Decorator: Malin Kihlberg
Set Dresser: Anna Lundgren
Set Dresser Assistant: Anna Franzén
Stand-By Props: Henrik Andersson, Anna Bjällsten, Kalle Sjölin
Carpenter: Lasse Ingvarson
Graphic Designer: Hanna Høiness

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Secretary: Mike Räsänen
Runners: Agneta Hernmarck, Leif Nyberg

LOCATIONS
Locations: Arlanda International Airport, Stockholms län, Sweden; Central Station, Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden; Police Headquarters, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden; Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Location Managers: Tobias Åström, Paul Engel
Location Manager (Oslo): Magnus Thullin
Location Assistant: Mattias Andersson

CASTING
Extras Casting (Oslo): Bård B. Løvvig

CAST
Ralph Carlsson (Ulrik Hansson)
Tuva Novotny (Saga Hansson)
Ewa Carlsson (Monika Hansson)
Anders Palm (Inspector Levin)
Donald Högberg (Dr Christian)
Fredrik Hammar (Levin's Colleague)
Mats Rudal (Fredrik)
Sylvia Rauan (Helen)
Silke Lauren (Linn)
Aina Lesse (Maria)
Petter Billengren (real estate agent)
Conny Anderson (Bestulen man)
Christoffer Edström (Erik)
Victor Friberg (Marklund)
Lars Jansson (chief conductor)
Carina Lindroth (traffic warden)
Christina Molin (SJ cashier)
Johan Rudebeck (Ulrik's colleague)
Johannes Runeborg (police photographer)
Susanne Sörensdotter (traffic warden)
Camilla Sundell (woman in compartment)
Bjørn Sundquist (Inspector Jacobsen)
Toivo Tolonen (Roger)

PLOT SUMMARY

Ulrik Hansson's seemingly normal and happy life is turned upside down when he wakes one morning to find that wife and their two children have vanished without trace.

AVAILABILITY

Finland
Video Distributors: FS Film Oy
DVD Distributors: FS Film Oy

France
Theatrical Distributors: Seal

Germany
DVD Distributors: Epix Media

Sweden
Theatrical Distributors: Svensk Filmindustri

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 16

Finland
Rating: K-15

France
Rating: -12

Germany
Rating: 16

Iceland
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

Sweden
Rating: 15

AWARDS

2001
Cognac Festival du Film Policier, France

New Blood Award (Johannes Runeborg) - winner

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival, Spain
Best Film (Johannes Runeborg) - nominated

TIMELINE

2000
August
4: Sweden - theatrical release

2001
February
8: Germany - shown at the Berlin International Film Festival

March
25: Belgium - shown at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films

July
18: France - theatrical release

August
1: Germany - shown at the Stuttgart Fantasy Filmfest

October
10: Spain - shown at the Sitges Film Festival

2002
January
25: Finland - DVD release

July
14: Argentina - television broadcast

2004
June

25: Italy - television broadcast

POSTER TAGS

För guds skull... håll ögonen öppna!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Der Schlafwandler - German title
Sonámbulo - Argentinean television title
Il Sonnambulo - Italian title
Unissakävelijä - Finnish title

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
Evil Ed (1997)

KEYWORDS

amnesia, families

 


Last Updated: 15 October, 2008

 


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