Sleeping Sickness (Schlafkrankheit) 13 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 69 years old | as Ebbo Velten |
| Jenny Schily She was 44, now 57 years old | as Vera Velten |
| Jean-Christophe Folly He was 58, now 71 years old | as Alex Nzila |
| Hippolyte Girardot He was 55, now 69 years old | as Gaspard Signac |
| Thierry Hancisse He was 48, now 62 years old | |
| Francis Noukiatchom | as Dr. Monese |
| Isacar Yinkou | as Joseph |
| Maria Elise Miller | as Helen Velten |
| Ali Mvondo Roland | as Ruhemba |
Sleeping Sickness Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Katrin Schlösser as Producer. She was 46 (now 59) 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 48) years old | Production |
| Katharina Wartena as Editor. | Editing |
Sleeping Sickness (13 years)
- Release day: Wednesday, June 22, 2011
- Runtime: 91 minutes