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The Sleeping Girl

The only sign of life in a sterile and deserted suburban neighborhood is a message on an answering machine where an insurance salesman talks about life insurance, the perfect pension scheme and his lost ball pen.

  • Germany
  • 2001, 9 min
  • Director: Corinna Schnitt
  • Director of photography: Justyna Feicht
  • Contacts: Corinna Schnitt


Corinna Schnitt

Corinna Schnitt (1964, Germany) is and artist and filmmaker. After studying wood sculpture, she attended the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach and the Düsseldorf Art Academy. She has been using film for her artistic creations including a series of experimental films for several years. These films push daily phenomena to the point of absurdity by showing them as looped video installation pieces in museums and art galleries. Her films have also been shown at film festivals and on German television.