Storm (2009 film)

2009 German film

Storm

Directed by| Hans-Christian Schmid
Written by|

* Bernd Lange
* Hans-Christian Schmid

Starring|

* Kerry Fox
* Anamaria Marinca

Cinematography| Bogumil Godfrejow
Edited by| Hansjörg Weißbrich
Music by| The Notwist

Release dates

* February 7, 2009 (2009-02-07) (BIFF)
* September 10, 2009 (2009-09-10) (Germany)
* October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30) (United States)

Running time

| 105 min
Countries| Germany
Netherlands
Denmark
Languages| English
German
Bosnian
Serbian

Storm is a 2009 German-Danish-Dutch drama film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid.

## Plot

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Storm follows the developments of a trial at the Hague for war crimes committed during the Bosnian War. Prosecutor Hannah Maynard (Kerry Fox), charges a Bosnian Serb Commander for killing Bosniaks. However, her main witness is found to be lying and later commits suicide. Hannah retraces his steps to try and get to the truth.

## Cast

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* Kerry Fox \- Hannah Maynard
* Anamaria Marinca \- Mira Arendt
* Stephen Dillane \- Keith Haywood
* Rolf Lassgård \- Jonas Dahlberg
* Alexander Fehling \- Patrick Färber
* Tarik Filipović \- Mladen Banović
* Krešimir Mikić \- Alen Hajdarević
* Steven Scharf [de] \- Jan Arendt
* Jadranka Đokić \- Belma Šulić
* Dražen Kühn \- Goran Durić

## Reception

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Writing for the New York Times, Stephen Holden called Storm "remarkably restrained" and "very well acted."[1]

## References

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1. ^ Holden, Stephen (29 October 2009). "Crime, Punishment and Painful Memories of Bosnia". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

## External links

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* Storm at IMDb

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Films directed by Hans-Christian Schmid

* After Five in the Forest Primeval (1995)
* 23 (1998)
* Crazy (2000)
* Distant Lights (2003)
* Requiem (2006)
* Storm (2009)
* Home for the Weekend (2012)
* We Are Next of Kin (2022)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* France
* BnF data

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