The Sandman

The Sandman

1993 · 104 min · ★ 4.4 · Fantasy, Mystery, Horror

Daniel and Clara are on a vacation in Italy. In the form of the mysterious "Sandman" Coppola, a figure from Daniel's childhood, returns to haunt him, while he succumbs to an obsessive love with an enigmatic woman of strange beauty: Olympia, who might be far more than she first appears to be...

Directed by Eckhart Schmidt · Written by E. T. A. Hoffmann

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