''Sleepwalker'' is a Swedish

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film released in 2000. It was filmed in

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and was released in cinemas on August 4, 2000.

Plot

Successful building contractor Ulrik Hansson (Ralph Carlsson) returns to his stressful life after coming back from a fishing vacation with his family. Everything seems back to normal until Ulrik wakes up the next morning to find his wife and two children missing and his sheets covered in blood. He contacts the police and informs them he was passed out due to the combination of

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and prescribed

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. Fearing he may have been

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, Ulrik straps a

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to himself to record his nocturnal activities and figure out what happened to his family. Meanwhile, Inspector Levin (Anders Palm) begins to suspect Ulrik may not be telling the entire truth.

Cast

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as Ulrik Hansson * Ewa Carlsson as Monika Hansson *

Anders Palm Anders Palm (born 6 July 1942 in Malmö) is a Sweden, Swedish literary scholar and List of linguists, linguist. He is professor of history of literature at Lund University. In 2011 he received an honorary degree of medicine. Palm is the principal ...

as Inspector Levin *

Tuva Novotny Tuva Matilda Moa Karolina Novotny (née Hedström; born 21 December 1979), also known as Tuva Novotny-Hedström, is a Swedish actress and director. Early life and education Tuva Matilda Moa Karolina Hedström was born on 21 December 1979 in Sto ...

as Saga Hansson *

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as Dr. Christian * Fredrik Hammar as Levin's Colleague *

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as Fredrik * Sylvia Rauan as Helen

Awards

The film earned director Johannes Runeborg the ''New Blood'' award at the 2001

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. It was also nominated for ''Best Film'' at the 2001

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US remake

In September 2001, it was announced that

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had purchased the U.S. remakes rights for the film and talked with director

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. The script was written by Nick Kazan and

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was also negotiating to play the lead in the remake. However, the remake eventually failed to materialize.

References

External links

* * 2000 films 2000 horror films Swedish drama films Swedish horror films Swedish thriller films Films set in Stockholm 2000s Swedish-language films 2000s Swedish films {{2000s-horror-film-stub