Summer Storm

Summer Storm

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  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 2004-09-02
  • Runtime: 98 minutes
  • : 6.8
  • Production Company: Claussen+Wöbke Filmproduktion
  • Production Country: Germany
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6.8/10
6.8
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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. Then the gay team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The evening before the races begin, the storm that breaks out is more than meteorological.

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  • catfactory

    9
    By catfactory
    Tragic Romance. Doomed Choices. When Fyodor tries to settle down with Natalia, he gets fatally attracted to Olga and his life falls apart. Linda Darnell (Olga) really is irresistible and I can see why George was led astray. His love for Anna Lee (Natalia) endures however, and the *pining* he must have done after the revolution...you can see it in his eyes. I really have to hand it to Edward Everett Horton, though. He delivers such a Fantastic performance as the Count. Sanders gets to show off his Russian (and his singing voice) also. We also get treated to some superb VO work by Sanders that is so romantic (and Romantic) that I challenge anyone not to fall for him. Knowing some of George Sanders' backstory adds another layer to this performance, too: he was born and raised in St Petersburg by British expat parents. They left when he was about 11 because of the revolution. A wistful quality edges into some parts of his line delivery that absolutely tugs at your heart. The Chekov book this is based on is enhanced by the adaptation's movement of the story a few years later and adding the revolution framing. I think it makes for an even more poignant climax when the end finally comes. Sanders has such good chemistry with all his scenemates, in particular Edward Everett Horton and Linda Darnell. His Fyodor and Horton's Count share a real friendship that endures and seems to sustain both men. His immediate and helpless infatuation with Olga is believable and at first she seems the simple farmer's daughter she appears to be. Fyodor lets himself be seduced (even as it looks like he's doing the seducing. Maybe he was at first).

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