Never sleep again

GER 1992, 92 min

After a wedding party three friends from Hamburg strand in newly reunited Berlin. A restless odyssey through the wastelands of a big city pending between an unpredictable future and a still lingering past begins. — A unique document of Berlin right after the Fall of the Wall!

Synopsis

Rita, Lilian and Roberta travel to Berlin for a friend’s wedding celebration on the river Spree. Rita’s unexpected encounter with a former lover forces the women to end the festive trip. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, the friends begin an erratic odyssey through the city, driven by the desire not to return to everyday life and accompanied by the symptoms of gradual decline. The car’s tires are stolen, hotels and guesthouses are booked out. “What do we do now?” - “Carry on!” They allow themselves to get lost in the ruins of the city. Soon experiments follow: They start stalking complete strangers...

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Language: German, Subtitles: English, French

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Awards and Festivals

- Filmfest München 1992
- Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Retrospektive 2019

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Credits

Director
Pia Frankenberg
Screenplay
Pia Frankenberg, Karin Åström
With
Lisa Kreuzer, Gabi Herz, Christiane Carstens, Ernst Stötzner, Michael Altmann, Leonard Lansink, Peter Lohmeyer, Klaus Bueb, Thomas Struck
Director of Photography
Judith Kaufmann
Editor
Raimund Barthelmes
Music
Loek Dikker
Set Design
Uli Fischer
Costume
Irmgard Kersting
Make-up
Hasso v. Hugo, Christine Atar
Producer
Pia Frankenberg
Production
Pia Frankenberg Musik- und Filmproduktion
Premiere (GER):
1992, Filmfest München
German Theatrical Release:
December 1992

DVD-Details

PIA FRANKENBERG - FILME
DVD box with the restored versions of the three feature films Noisy Martha (1985, 87 min), Burning Beds (1988, 83 min), Never sleep again (1992, 92 min) and the two short films Sehnsucht nach dem ganz Anderen (1981, 13 min) and Der Anschlag (1984, 9 min).
Extras
Location-Tours (Hamburg and Berlin) with Pia Frankenberg, original theatrical trailer, Booklet (12 pages)
Language
German
Subtitles
English, French
Country Code
0
System
PAL, Color + b/w
Length
259 min + 82 min Extras
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound Format
Dolby Digital 2.0
Set Content
3 DVDs (slimboxes) in a slipcase, 1 Booklet
Release Date
14.12.2023
Rating (FSK)
12

Distribution Details

German theatrical distribution
Deutsche Kinemathek

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