A close friendship between two crew teammates is tested when one slowly discovers he's gay and attracted to the other.
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Marco Kreuzpaintner
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| Robert Stadlober | ... | Tobi | |
| Kostja Ullmann | ... | Achim | |
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Jürgen Tonkel | ... | Hansi |
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Miriam Morgenstern | ... | Sandra |
| Alicja Bachleda | ... | Anke (as Alicja Bachleda-Curus) | |
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Angelika Brennfleck | ... | Thea |
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Josefine Müller | ... | Claudia |
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Joseph M'Barek | ... | Ferdinand |
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Tristano Casanova | ... | Georg |
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Roman Storm | ... | Günther |
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Jeff Fischer | ... | Flasche |
| Johannes Franke | ... | Martin | |
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Anton Rattinger | ... | Gruber |
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Gerhard Oberwetter | ... | Busfahrer |
| Tobias van Dieken | ... | Naturschützer (as Tobias Vandieken) | |
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Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Achim's girlfriend Sandra is on the girl's team and he enjoys spending more time with her. Tobi becomes increasingly skeptical of their relationship. Anke, the pretty girl who has fallen for Tobi, doesn't make things any easier, then the gay team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The storm that breaks out the evening before the race begins is more than meteorological in this sensitive story about the complexities of growing up. Written by Anonymous
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GermanyLanguage:
GermanRelease Date:
2 September 2004 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Summer Storm See more »Edit
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Budget:
€2,700,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$4,158, 19 March 2006, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$95,016, 16 September 2007Company Credits
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Claussen & Wöbke Filmproduktion GmbH,ProSieben Entertainment,Seven Pictures See more »
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Tobi: She said, "I don't mind?"
Achim: Those very words. Now chill. I have to keep at 140.
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Written by Markus Galli, Christian Steininger, Michael Kamm and Michael Dannhauer
Performed by Nova International
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Footage of a gay love story taken out of Sommersturm (Summer Storm) was immortalized as a music video Willkommen (or Welcome in German) performed by a popular German duo Rosenstolz.The song itself can be heard on the actual film. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Tobi: She said, "I don't mind?"
Achim: Those very words. Now chill. I have to keep at 140.
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The Summer We HadWritten by Markus Galli, Christian Steininger, Michael Kamm and Michael Dannhauer
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A wonderful movie, being gay myself I really saw myself in the protagonist. It's been a long time that I have seen a German film, that is so authentic and honest, really it was nearly like a documentary, you really feel like being there as well.
It's one of the rare film in which everything fits together, the acting, the music, the dramatic art, the fun, the dialogs.
The acting is outstanding. Robert Stadlober is so convincing. You really can feel it when he's desperate or angry.
The music was touching and moving, there are wonderful scenes when the camera floats over the lake while it rains and this wonderful sad classical music is played. So beautiful...
I think the director did a wonderful job, he - being gay and young himself - of course also knew what it's like growing up and discovering your homosexuality as Tobi does.
Clichés and stereotypes are discussed by the actors themselves. :-)
For gay people it's a must as everyone surely can partly see oneself in Tobi and for straight people it's a great chance to broaden their horizons as they can learn about the difficulty of growing up while being "different".
It's a real honest film.
Go and see it! It's 10/10 from me!