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 |
| Sound | Colin Nicolson | Sound Mixer |
| 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 | 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 |
| Production | Chandran Rutnam | Associate Producer |
| Production | Charles Wang | Associate Producer |
| Art | Clinton Cavers | Supervising Art Director |
| Crew | Jack Deutchman | Post Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Frank Salvino | Post Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Maria Walker | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Carla Fry | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Production | Jody Levin | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Production | Robin Hollister | Unit Manager |
| Production | Magen Appathurai | Unit Manager |
| Production | Frank Hildebrand | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Rachel Neale | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Ainsley De Silva | Production Manager |
| Directing | Mark Egerton | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Sherard Jayasuriya | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Liz Legum | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Casper Campbell | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Simon Bosanquet | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Gregory Stitt | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Hairul Salleh Askor | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Mark Lisbon | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Ray De-Haan | Stunts |
| Production | Hairul Salleh Askor | Extras Casting Coordinator |
| Production | Kenneth Yip Yong Jua | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Production | Goh Sim Zee | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Production | Sylvester Thomas | Extras Casting |
| Production | Fiona Weir | Casting Assistant |
| Directing | Sue Field | Script Supervisor |
