Summer
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48% Critic Match

Summer

4.8 / 10 2008 1h 44mNR German
ComedyDrama

Storyline

Because he can't accompany his father, a German army officer, on his next deployment in Somalia, 15-year-old Tim has to move in with his grandmother on the North Sea island of Amrum. There, the cool skater from Berlin, who seems to magically attract problems, immediately loses his reputation as a freak and difficult outsider. Only chubby Eric, who suffers teasing and attacks from the surfer clique around rich Lars, stands by him. When Tim also falls in love with pretty Vic, Lars' girlfriend, a fight is inevitable.

Cast & Crew

Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht

Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht

Tim

Lead
Jannis Niewöhner

Jannis Niewöhner

Lars

JK

Julian Krüger

Eric

Sonja Gerhardt

Sonja Gerhardt

Vic

Laura Vietzen

Laura Vietzen

Steffi

Uwe Ochsenknecht

Uwe Ochsenknecht

Tims Vater

Tim Wilde

Tim Wilde

Vics Vater

Ingeborg Westphal

Ingeborg Westphal

Tims Oma

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mike Marzuk's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Summer is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker