Wanneer een jonge, enthousiaste Engelsman naar Sarawak wordt overgeplaatst om er deel uit te maken van de Britse koloniale regering, komt hij in aanraking met zeer onorthodoxe lokale gebruiken. Wanneer hij de mooie, jonge Selima ontmoet, botst hij op hartverscheurende keuzes.
Nee, helaas is The Sleeping Dictionary nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Guy Jenkin | Director |
| Writing | Guy Jenkin | Writer |
| Production | Simon Bosanquet | Producer |
| Production | Frank Hildebrand | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jimmy Mulville | Producer |
| Production | Denise O'Donoghue | Producer |
| Production | Mark Ordesky | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Simon Boswell | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Martin Fuhrer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Lesley Walker | Editor |
| Production | Mary Selway | Casting |
| Art | Simon Holland | Production Design |
| Art | Clinton Cavers | Art Direction |
| Art | Errol Kelly | Art Direction |
| Art | Judy Farr | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Penny Rose | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mohamad Roslan Ahmad | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Saidatulnisa B.T. Aminuddin | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Saidatulnisa B.T. Aminuddin | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mohammad Z.B.H. Hassan | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mohammad Z.B.A. Rahman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amber Sibley | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Colin Nicolson | Sound Mixer |
