Love by the fjord - summer storm

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Episode in the series Love by the Fjord
Original title Summer storm
Country of production Germany
original language German
length 89 minutes
classification Episode 2 ( list )
First broadcast April 16, 2010 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Matthias Tiefenbacher
script Maria Solrun ,
Jörg Tensing
production Sabine Timmermann
music Biber Gullatz ,
Andreas Schäfer
camera Klaus Merkel
cut Claudia Klook
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Love at the Fjord - The Song of the Wind

Successor  →
Love at the Fjord - The End of the Ice Age

Sommersturm is a German TV film by Matthias Tiefenbacher from 2010 . It is the second episode of the ARD film series Love at the Fjord , whereby the individual films have in common that they are set against the backdrop of Norwegian fjords and have romantic melodramas as their content. Susanna Simon plays Karen Lund, a woman who has to choose between her first great love, Rune Vigeland, played by Harald Schrott , and neighbor Lars Petersen, played by Martin Feifel .

The Das Erste page is about a sensitive, brilliantly cast drama in which “Norway's fjords and the picturesque coast would provide impressive settings for a moving love story”. Like the first film in the series, the film, directed by Tiefenbacher, is based on a script by the Icelandic author Maria Solrun , which she wrote together with Jörg Tensing from Berlin .

action

The tax advisor Karen Lund happens to meet her childhood sweetheart Rune Vigeland, now an investment banker , on a ship . All of a sudden the old feelings are back and Rune seems to have no other option, because he asks Karen for a meeting, which she agrees with him. Karen thinks they have a wonderful weekend together. Then Rune reports back late and has a surprise ready. He inherited an old farm from his uncle, which he would like to run because he has long had enough of his job and city life, but would refrain from doing so if Karen does not want such a life, as he never wants to lose her again, like he assures her.

So both move into the remote farm in order to realize the common dream of breeding horses there. Everything starts well until Rune falls off the roof while working on the house. In the hospital you first have to put him into an artificial coma, his cervical vertebrae are injured. Karen now has to see how she can cope with the completely unfamiliar work in the house and yard and with the animals on her own. In addition to all the work, there is also the anger that Karen has with her neighbor Lars Petersen, who absolutely wanted to buy the farm from Rune and with the villagers, who are initially not very friendly towards Karen. She keeps all of this to herself, however, so as not to worry Rune, who has since woken up from his coma, which could have a negative impact on his health. The tide turns when Lars brings Thore back the foaled foal and it starts to crackle between him and Karen.

Since Rune has to sit in a wheelchair for the time being and it is uncertain whether he will be completely healthy again, the majority of the work remains with Karen after his return from the hospital. To make matters worse, Rune observes Karen's every step with suspicion and often reacts very gruffly and struggles with his situation. But things get worse, Rune explains to Karen that he no longer feels anything for her and that his idea with the court was a crazy idea. As a kind of compensation for her commitment, he wants to transfer the farm to Karen. The reason is that he thinks Lars would be a better choice for Karen. Karen feels offended and initially reacts helplessly. But then she makes a decision and rejects Lars, who could imagine a future for her. For a while she was not quite clear whether and how she felt for him, but it had become clear to her that she belonged to Rune. She wanted to run the farm together with him, it was Runes and their common dream that she could not realize with him now.

After Karen is already on the way back to Oslo, her gaze falls again - as on her arrival - on an old husband who treats each other very tenderly. This moves her to return to the farm by the fjord, which has become her home. She explains to Rune that he is her prince on the white horse that girls always dream of. Rune admits that he is sorry that he hurt her so much and that she is of course still his great love. “Don't ever do something like that again,” says Karen, snuggling up against him.

Production notes

Kalvåg, one of the filming locations

For summer storm was on 17 May to 14 August 2009 locations in Norway rotated so for example in Kalvåg. It is a film made by Letterbox Filmproduktion GmbH, Studio Hamburg Produktion. Kathrin Schultz was the production manager, Hartmut Damberg was the production manager and Sibylle Maddauss was the production manager. Stefan Kruppa ( ARD Degeto ) headed the editorial team.

reception

Publication, audience rating

The first broadcast of the film took place on Friday, April 16, 2010, in the program of ARD Das Erste and was tuned in by 4.75 million viewers with a market share of 15.6 percent.

The film was released on October 28, 2011 together with the first episode Der Gesang des Windes by Edel Germany GmbH on DVD.

criticism

The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm described the film as a “TV Schmonzette” and gave it the worst rating by pointing their thumbs down and saying that in the course of the film one came over “an insatiable longing - for the remote control”. The conclusion was then: "We want to go to another fjord."

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv gave the film three out of six possible stars and wrote: “Love, pioneering spirit and Norwegian landscapes are the stuff from which this concentrated melodrama is carved in the style of television, which is aesthetically better than many of the musty 'A woman goes their way 'Schmonzetten on Fridays in the ARD. "Susanna Simon and Harald Schrott are two" who you believe their new beginning ". “A couple of targeted looks and love” is “instantly in the room. The reduction of the plot to one or two tests and the unity of space and time "is" a clever dramaturgical concept ". In addition, “the landscape can unfold its effect better - even if the visual conception of the opening film 'The Song of the Wind' was a bit more compelling”. Photography tends "occasionally to postcard views" with its "plateau views of the fjords and the bewitching light in the sun".

On the Kino.de site , the critic Tilmann P. Gangloff (tpg) took on the film and remarked that the titles of the new ARD Friday series are without question “very poetic”, “but without any reference to the story”. This also applies to the second work, entitled 'Summer Storm', which is “to be understood metaphorically at best”. The "parallel to the first story" is "obvious: as in 'Song of the Wind', a relationship is put to the test by a stroke of fate". 'Summer storm' lives "but thanks to the work on the farm by the sea even more from the rugged landscape". The script “always supplement the plot with original details that give the characters depth”.

The critic Marco Croner fromquotemeter.de attested the film a rash of only 29 percent and was of the opinion that the second part of the new series 'Love at the Fjord' "could not compete in the slightest with its predecessor", although "the same production staff of the acceptable 'song of the wind' responsible for its development ”. The "quite respectable performances of the main actors" would be "overshadowed by completely bungling dialogues, amateurish cuts and the simply poor story". Susanna Simon and Harald Schrott, who “have proven their talent in the past”, “assuming a good script”, would have “done themselves no favors” with this film. The conclusion was: "A blatant step backwards compared to part one, which can undoubtedly be missed with a clear conscience."

The film service dismissed the film with the words: “Kitschy (television) love drama in front of an emphatically picturesque backdrop. - From 14. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Love at the fjord - summer storm see page daserste.de
  2. ↑ Love at the fjord - summer storm see page crew united.com
  3. ↑ Love at the fjord - summer storm see page letterbox-filmproduktion.de
  4. ^ A b Rainer Tittelbach : TV film "Love on the Fjord: Summer Storm". Susanna Simon in a melody in which the Norwegian fjords have an effect see page tittelbach.tv. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  5. ↑ Love at the Fjord Fig. DVD case Das Erste; Films: The Song of the Wind and Summer Storm
  6. ↑ Love at the Fjord - Summer Storm See tvspielfilm.de (including 18 film images). Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  7. ↑ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Love at the Fjord: Summer storm see page kino.de (including photo series). Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  8. ↑ Marco Croner: Summer storm see page quotenmeter.de, April 15, 2010. Accessed on April 27, 2020.
  9. ↑ Love at the Fjord - Summer Storm. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 27, 2020 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used