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.
| Writing | Guy Jenkin | Writer |
| Directing | Guy Jenkin | Director |
| Sound | Colin Nicolson | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Simon Holland | Production Design |
| Production | Mary Selway | Casting |
| Production | Frank Hildebrand | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Martin Fuhrer | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jimmy Mulville | Producer |
| Production | Denise O'Donoghue | Producer |
| Art | Clinton Cavers | Art Direction |
| Production | Mark Ordesky | Executive Producer |
| Production | Simon Bosanquet | Producer |
| Editing | Lesley Walker | Editor |
| Sound | Simon Boswell | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Penny Rose | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amber Sibley | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mohammad Z.B.H. Hassan | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mohammad Z.B.A. Rahman | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Errol Kelly | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Saidatulnisa B.T. Aminuddin | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Judy Farr | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mohamad Roslan Ahmad | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Saidatulnisa B.T. Aminuddin | Hairstylist |
