5.8 /10 1 Votes
48% | 7.4/10 IMDb 51% Produced by Jakob Claussen Cinematography Daniel Gottschalk Story by Marco Kreuzpaintner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Thomas BahmannMarco Kreuzpaintner Initial release 2 September 2004 (Germany) Nominations GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release Cast Similar Gay and lesbian movies, Boy movies, Adolescence movies |
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Summer Storm (German: Sommersturm) is a 2004 German coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner, starring Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, and Miriam Morgenstern. The story is set to the background of a rowing regatta, which climaxes into a summer storm.
Contents
- Summer storm 2004 trailer marco kreuzpaintner
- Plot
- Cast
- Critical reception
- Accolades
- Soundtrack
- References
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Plot
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Teams from all across Germany descend on a quiet camping ground for a week of training leading up to a final rowing competition. The plot follows the members of the RSC rowing club from southern Germany as they train for the regatta.
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The boys are excited by the prospects of camping with a female rowing team from Berlin. However, by a stroke of fate, the Berlin girls' team cancels and is replaced by Queerschlag ("Queerstrokes"), a gay youth rowing team, and these boys are out, proud, and vocal about it.
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Amidst the occasionally tense interactions between the members of his team and those of Queerschlag, Tobi is himself forced to confront his long-time feelings for his close friend and teammate Achim, who is already romantically involved with his girlfriend Sandra. Spurned by Achim, Tobi is devastated, but is partly consoled by his new friendship with Queerschlag member Leo.
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The tension between the members of the two teams culminates in a scene set to the backdrop of a summer storm, during which Leo confronts Tobi about his homosexuality in front of his teammates. Tobi denies being gay, and, in an attempt to defend him, one of his teammates tells Tobi's girlfriend Anke to tell the rest of his teammates so. Anke, the only person to whom Tobi has confided his secret, remains silent.
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Ultimately, Tobi comes out to his teammates and his rowing team, who seem to accept Tobi no matter what, and they go on to compete with Queerschlag in the final regatta.
Cast
Critical reception
Summer Storm received mixed reviews, currently holding a 48% rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 31 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a 51/100 rating, signifying "mixed or average reviews".
Accolades
Soundtrack
The soundtrack contains the smash hit "Willkommen" from the album Herz by the German duo Rosenstolz; the single made the German Top 10 charts in September 2004.
- "Blonde on Blonde" by Nada Surf
- "Shake the Foundation" by Radio 4
- "Willkommen" by Rosenstolz
- "Los, Wixen" by Niki Reiser
- "Auf ins Bergische" by Niki Reiser
- "We'll Never Know" by Roman Fischer
- "Maltes Kuss" by Niki Reiser
- "Flames" by VAST
- "Verwirrt" by Niki Reiser
- "Achim" by Niki Reiser
- "Getaway" by Roman Fischer
- "Jim's Theme" by Niki Reiser
- "Coming Out" by Niki Reiser
- "Catch Me" by Kerosin
- "We Oh We" by The Hidden Cameras
- "Crooked Lines" by The Go-Betweens
- "For Lovers" by Wolfman/Pete Doherty
- "The Power of Love" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- "Sommersturm" by Niki Reiser
- "The Summer We Had" by Nova International
- "Go West" by Nova International