House of the Sleeping Beauties

- Release date: November 14, 2008
- Run time: 1 hour, 39 minutes
- Screenwriter: Vadim Glowna
- Producer: Vadim Glowna and Raymond Tarabay

House of the Sleeping Beauties is a German language film. It follows an older widower named Edmond who discovers a mysterious establishment, where older men can spend the night with watching beautiful young girls sleep. The young women never wake up. Edmond is intrigued by the women, and begins to explore the reason behind their never ending slumber.Rotten Tomatoes: House of Sleeping Beauties The film is based on the Japanese novella by Yasunari Kawabata.Rotten Tomatoes: House of Sleeping Beauties
Cast
- Vadim Glowna as Edmond
- Angela Winkler as Madame
- Maximilian Schell as Kogi
- Birol Unel as Mister Gold
- Mona Glass as Secretary
- Marina Weiss as Maid
- Benjamin Cabuk as Balladeer
- Peter Luppa as Preacher
- Jacqueline Le Saunier as A Sleeping Beauty
- Maria Burghard as A Sleeping Beauty
- Babet Mader as A Sleeping Beauty
- Linda Elsner as A Sleeping Beauty
- Sarah Swenshon as A Sleeping Beauty
- Isabelle Wackers as A Sleeping Beauty
Quotes

"When I read Kawabata’s book for the first time I thought: What a beautifully strange and melancholic story! Research showed that such an establishment actually existed in Berlin in the 1920’s and 30’s; surely there were also some in Prague, Paris or Vienna too. I was then convinced that this novel tells a story that could not only have happened in Japan, but could be told in Europe as well."—Vadim Glowna, directorHouse of the Sleeping Beauties: House of the Sleeping Beauties Official Site