SummaryHannah Maynard, prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, is leading a trial against a former commander of the Yugoslavian National Army who is accused of the deportation and later killing of dozens of Bosnian-Muslim civilians. When a key witness commits suicide, it looks like the case will unravel, however Hannah refuses to... Read More
Directed By:Hans-Christian Schmid
Written By:Bernd Lange, Hans-Christian Schmid
Storm
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Storm is harrowing, provocative and deeply probing yet quite involving.
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Following the start of the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in The Hague, the release here of the political thriller Storm couldn't be more timely.
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For a political thriller, Storm is remarkably restrained. There are no flashbacks to the wars in the Balkans or to the atrocities in the hotel.
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Storm’s remarkable poignancy is made all the more palpable by its restraint.
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A potentially gripping legal thriller about what happens when Western Europe attempts to solve Central European problems ends up as dull entertainment in Storm.
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The writing by director Hans-Christian Schmid (Requiem) and Bernd Lange is more stilted and righteous than even the U.N. environs, with its humanity-embracing procedural-speak, calls for.
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Production Company:
- 23/5 Filmproduktion GmbH
- Zentropa Entertainments Berlin
- Zentropa International Köln
- Zentropa Entertainments 5
- Zentropa International Netherlands
- IDTV Film
- Film i Väst
- Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
- ARTE
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
- Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
- Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM)
Release Date:Nov 6, 2009
Duration:1 h 45 m
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Awards
German Film Awards
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
German Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
