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A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.

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...

Lorenzo Flaherty
Daniel

Stella Vordemann
Olimpia

Sabrina Paravicini
Clara

John Karlsen
Spalanzini

Erik Schumann
Coppola
Claudia Popp
Piano player
Vittoria Zanca
Receptionist
The Sandman is a fantasy, mystery, horror film released in 1993. Directed by Eckhart Schmidt, it stars Lorenzo Flaherty, Stella Vordemann, Sabrina Paravicini. 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...
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