Storm Germany / Denmark / The Netherlands
2009, 105min.
Producers: Britta Knöller, Hans-Christian Schmid, Director: Hans-Christian Schmid, Script: Bernd Lange, Hans-Christian Schmid, Director of Photography: Bogumił Godfrejów, Music by: The Notwist, Prod. Design: Christian M. Goldbeck, Sound: Hans Møller, Editor: Hansjörg Weißbrich
Cast: Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca, Stephen Dillane, Rolf Lassgård, Alexander Fehling
Hannah Maynard, a prosecutor at The Tribunal in The Hague manages to convince a young Bosnian woman to testify against an alleged war criminal. Amidst the inconsistencies of political interests and threats coming from Bosnian Serb nationalists, she realizes that her opponents not only sit on the dock across from her, but also can be found in her own ranks. Hannah faces the trial of her life, all of a sudden torn between her strong beliefs in the system and her loyalty towards the witness.
Awards
Amnesty International Film Prize, Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas, Reader Jury of the Berliner Morgenpost (Berlin IFF, 2009); Bernhard Wicki Film Award (Munich FF, 2009); German Film Critics Award (2010)
Production Company
23/5 Filmproduktion GmbH
Methfesselstraße 23
10965 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49 / 30 / 767682 -0
Fax: +49 / 30 / 767682 -29
Email: info@235film.de
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| Schmid, Hans-Christian  Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965, Altötting)
Studied film at the HFF in Munich and scriptwriting at the USC in Los Angeles. He has worked for years with producers Jakob Claussen und Thomas Wöbke and with screenwriter Michael Gutmann. He lives in Berlin.
Filmography
Sekt oder Selters (1989), Die Mechanik des Wunders (1992), Himmel und Holle (1994), After Five in the Forest Primeval (1995), 23 Nichts ist so wie es scheint (1998), Crazy (2000), Distant Lights (2003), Requiem (2006), Storm (2009)
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