Death sleep

Movie
German title	Death sleep
Original title	Insomnia
Country of production	Norway
original language	Norwegian , Swedish
Publishing year	1997
length	96 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Erik Skjoldbjærg
script	Nikolaj Frobenius , Erik Skjoldbjærg
production	Tomas Backstrom , Petter Borgli , Tom Remlov
music	Geir Jenssen
camera	Erling Thurmann-Andersen
cut	Håkon Øverås
occupation
Maria Mathiesen : Tanja Lorentzen Stellan Skarsgård : Jonas Engström Sverre Anker Ousdal : Erik Vik Gisken Armand : Hilde Hagen Kristian Figenschow : Arne Zakariassen Thor Michael Aamodt : Tom Engen Frode Rasmussen : Chief of Police Maria Bonnevie : Ane

Death Sleep is a Norwegian film with the original title Insomnia (Latin and English for insomnia ) from 1997. It is the first film by director Erik Skjoldbjærg . An American remake is called Insomnia .

content

In the Norwegian city ​​of Tromsø, the Swedish and Norwegian police cooperate in the search for the killer of a 17-year-old girl. When the policeman Jonas Engström accidentally shoots a colleague in pursuit of the perpetrator, he tries to blame the murderer for this. Because of his guilt and the midnight sun , Engström can no longer sleep (hence the film title Insomnia).

criticism

“An intensely staged thriller facing the real fact of the high suicide rate in Norway, which is related to the extreme living conditions in the Arctic Circle. The film uses this skillfully for its grueling cat-and-mouse game. "

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

• Sleep of death in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Sleep of death in rotten tomatoes (English)
• Death sleep in the online film database
• Death sleep in the German synchronous file
• Film information, criticism, posters, photos of scenes at der-film-noir.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Death sleep. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .