After the break-up with his girlfriend Sylvia, Ben meets musician Peter with whom he develops a helpful friendship.After the break-up with his girlfriend Sylvia, Ben meets musician Peter with whom he develops a helpful friendship.After the break-up with his girlfriend Sylvia, Ben meets musician Peter with whom he develops a helpful friendship.
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Maximilian Simonischek
- Ben
- (as Max Simonischek)
Christian Genzel
- Verkäufer beim McDonald's
- (uncredited)
Karin Ortner
- Girlfriend of Musician #1
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaRalf Müller was initially cast as Ben, but he dropped out of the project two weeks before shooting. The filmmakers then came across 'Maximilian Simonischek' who auditioned and got the part.
- Quotes
Ben: [points to Phil and Sofia's video camera] Why not just make a few photos? Or send a postcard?
Sofia Winter: A videotape's much more personal.
- ConnectionsReferences The Sound of Music (1965)
Featured review
Different ways to deal with broken dreams
"Schlaflos" shows that a good film can be made with little money. The movie takes the normal situation of a girl breaking up with her boyfriend and exaggerates it. We learn how Ben (played by Max Simonischek) tries to deal with this situation: he decides to start smoking, to drive into the night and to never sleep again. Fortunately, he meets the musician Peter (Stefan Murr) on the way, who tries to cheer him up. He has also lost someone dear and understands Ben's problem. The movie shows how both of them deal with their problems and help each other. "Schlaflos" is a movie about lost love and music and features some very interesting and well written characters. It plays with the expectations of the audience, sometimes answering them, sometimes not. Peter and Ben are quite interesting characters, especially because they are so different (at least at the first glimpse). Still, I have to agree with the other members that Ben is too much "Mr. Everybody", here there would still have been some room for improvement. But apart from that, I can only say that I really liked the movie. 8/10
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- Linhuber
- Feb 29, 2008
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