Die Schläferin
The SleeperThe short film The Sleeper reconstructs and imagines the stories of these two women who were extrinsically determined throughout their lives, struggling to express themselves in vain until the only way for them to end the spiral of every-day violence was to resort to violence themselves. The cinematic narrative, too, oscillates between documentation and fiction. Everyday scenes, translated into animated still lives in the film, suggest that something is about to happen or just took place. The character of the homemaker seems omnipresent though she never appears on the scene, just as the actual protagonists Margit and Irina remain invisible.
With
- Alex Gerbaulet
- Susanne Sachsse
- Sibylle Dordel
Crew
Written and Directed by | Alex Gerbaulet |
Cinematography | Jenny Lou Ziegel |
Editing | Phillip Scheffner |
Sound Design | Simon Bastian |
Sound | Tom Schön |
Assistant Director | Ines Meier |
Art Director | Tessa Kate Lee, Tom Schön |
Co-director | Mirko Winkel, Tim Schramm |
Producers | Alex Gerbaulet, Caroline Kirberg |
Produced by
pong Film GmbH
Alex Gerbaulet
Alex Gerbaulet lives in Berlin and works as an artist, filmmaker, and producer. Since 2014 she has been part of the production platform pong film, and from 2020 to 2021 was a grant recipient at the Berlin Artistic Research Grant Programme/gkfd. Her artistic work examines how reality and memory can be represented visually. Her films move between video art, essay films, and documentaries, between activist impulses and fictionalized reflection. Her recent films include: Die Schläferin (2018), as well as Tiefenschärfe (2017) and Sonne Unter Tage (2022), the latter two made with Mareike Bernien.
Filmography
2015 Schicht (Shift); 29 min. 2017 Tiefenschärfe (Depth of Field); with Mareike Bernien, 15 min. 2018 Die Schläferin; with Mirko Winkel, Timm Schramm, 17 min. 2022 Sonne Unter Tage
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022