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Sommersturm
''Summer Storm'' (german: Sommersturm) is a 2004 German coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner, starring Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, and Miriam Morgenstern. The story is set to the background of a rowing regatta, which climaxes into a summer storm. Plot Teams from all across Germany descend on a quiet camping ground for a week of training leading up to a final rowing competition. The plot follows the members of the RSC rowing club from southern Germany as they train for the regatta. The boys are excited by the prospects of camping with a female rowing team from Berlin. However, by a stroke of fate, the Berlin girls' team cancels and is replaced by Queerschlag ("Queerstrokes"), a gay youth rowing team, and these boys are out, proud, and vocal about it. Amidst the occasionally tense interactions between the members of his team and those of Queerschlag, Tobi is himself forced to confront his long-time feelings for his close fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Kreuzpaintner
Marco Johann Kreuzpaintner (born 11 March 1977) is a German film director, executive producer and screenwriter. Career In 1999, he began his career in the role of German dubbing assistant for the Stanley Kubrick film ''Eyes Wide Shut''. In the same year, his first short film, ''Entering Reality'', starring August Diehl attracted attention at film festivals. In 1999, he founded the production company ''Die Filmmanufaktur'' with Oliver Weiss. In 2000, he made the short film ''Der Atemkünstler'', for which he was nominated for the Talent award First Steps, and in 2002, he made a TV pilot, ''Rec – Kassettenmädchen/Kassettenjungs''. In 2003, his first feature-length film, ''Ganz und gar'', which describes the life of a young leg amputee, was released in theaters. This was followed in 2004 with the drama ''Sommersturm'' (Summer Storm), which, according to Kreuzpaintner, resembles his own coming out as a young homosexual. Summer Storm won The German Film Award (Germany’s ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostja Ullmann
Kostja Ullmann (born May 30, 1984) is a German actor, best known for his leading role in the award-winning coming of age drama ''Sommersturm'' (''Summer Storm'') which gained a lot of praise throughout Europe. Life and career Ullmann was born in Hamburg to a German father and an Indian mother. He entered the stage at the age of eleven and performed at Hamburg's Ernst Deutsch Theater and Winterhuder Fährhaus. In 1998, he made his TV debut in a minor part in the crime series '' Alphateam''. In the following years, Ullmann starred in several minor roles in TV series such as '' Stahlnetz'', ''Großstadtrevier'', and ''Leipzig Homicide'' as well as in TV movies such as the drama ''Albtraum einer Ehe'' (2001) alongside August Zirner. From 1999 to 2000, he was a cast member of the comedy series ''Zwei Männer am Herd'' with Wolfgang Fierek and Florian Fitz. In 2004, Kostja Ullmann made his movie debut in a leading role in Marco Kreuzpaintner's award-winning film ''Sommersturm'' (''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlon Kittel
Marlon Kittel (born December 11, 1983 in Essen) is a German actor. Life and work Marlon Kittel started working for the film industry as a stuntman for the German TV series ''Der Clown'' before he was discovered as an actor. Since 1999, he has had roles in more than a dozen movies and has made a number of appearances on German TV series, such as ''The Old Fox'' and ''Polizeiruf 110''. His popularity increased when the 2004 movie '' Summer Storm'' came to the cinemas. Marlon played a gay character named Leo. It was the second time he had appeared in a movie with Robert Stadlober (after ''Play It Loud!'', 2003). It was also the second time playing a gay character. His first appearance in such a role was in the short movie ''Freunde'' (''The Whiz Kids'', 2000). Kittel has also had roles in over 20 German television movies and shows between 2006–2013, and has been a voice actor in several audio drama Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristano Casanova
Tristano Alessandro Casanova (born 13 October 1983) is a German actor and voice actor. Early life Casanova was born in Munich to Italian and American parents. Filmography * 1993: Himmel und Hölle * 1994: 110 Unterwegs im Streifenwagen * 1996: Ausflug in den Schnee * 1996: Emmeran * 2000: Der Runner * 2000: Die Nacht der Engel * 2000: Vater wider Willen * 2001: Jenny & Co * 2002: Verlorenes Land * 2003: Die Stimmen * 2003: Skifahren unter Wasser * 2004: Sommersturm ''Summer Storm'' (german: Sommersturm) is a 2004 German coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner, starring Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, and Miriam Morgenstern. The story is set to the backgro ... * 2004: Stärker als der Tod * 2005: Gefühlte Temperatur * 2006: Liebe, Babys und ein großes Herz External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Casanova, Tristano 1983 births Living people German male television actors German male film actors German male stage a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Tonkel
Jürgen Tonkel (born 23 August 1962) is a German actor. Filmography * 1985: ''Blam!'' - Bruno * 1988: ''Büro, Büro'' * 1990: ''Das einfache Glück'' - Frank * 1990: ''Sekt oder Selters'' * 1990: ''Werner – Beinhart!'' - Landadeliger * 1991: ''Freispiel'' - Paul * 1992: ''Die Distel'' * 1996: ''Der Trip – Die nackte Gitarre 0,5'' * 1996: ' - Policeman * 1999: ''Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt'' - Ex-Polizist Woratz * 1999: ''Zum Sterben schön'' * 1999: ''Midsommar Stories'' - Dr. Hofmann (segment "Sabotage") * 1999–2016: ''Tatort'' - Karl Maurer / Gerlach / Mad gunmen / Michael / Klaus Aigner / Herbert Renz / Axel Gebhardt * 1999–2008: '' Hausmeister Krause'' * 2000: ''Einmal leben'' - Kellner * 2000: ''DoppelPack'' * 2000: ''Geier im Reisrand'' - Konrad Heckmann * 2002: '' Do Fish Do It?'' - Wolf * 2003–2007: ''K3 – Kripo Hamburg'' - Paul Reisinger * 2003–2006: ''Leipzig Homicide'' - Rolf Dieter Clausen / Bernd Hofmann * 2004: ' - Obermaier * 2004: ''Somme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fantasy
is a Japanese video game, Japanese science fantasy anthology media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square (video game company), Square). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video games. The Final Fantasy (video game), first game in the series was released in 1987, with 15 numbered main entries having been released to date. The franchise has since branched into other video game genres such as tactical role-playing game, tactical role-playing, action role-playing game, action role-playing, massively multiplayer online role-playing game, massively multiplayer online role-playing, racing video game, racing, third-person shooter, Fighting game, fighting, and Rhythm game, rhythm, as well as branching into other media, including Computer-generated imagery, CGI films, anime, manga, and novels. ''Final Fantasy'' primary installments are generally stand-alone anthology series of role-playin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Out (magazine)
''Time Out'' is a global magazine published by Time Out Group. ''Time Out'' started as a London-only publication in 1968 and has expanded its editorial recommendations to 328 cities in 58 countries worldwide. In 2012, the London edition became a free publication, with a weekly readership of over 307,000. ''Time Out''s global market presence includes partnerships with Nokia and mobile apps for iOS and Android (operating system), Android operating systems. It was the recipient of the International Consumer Magazine of the Year award in both 2010 and 2011 and the renamed International Consumer Media Brand of the Year in 2013 and 2014. History ''Time Out'' was first published in 1968 as a London listings magazine by Tony Elliott (publisher), Tony Elliott, who used his birthday money to produce a one-sheet pamphlet, with Bob Harris (radio presenter), Bob Harris as co-editor. The first product was titled ''Where It's At'', before being inspired by Dave Brubeck's album ''Time Out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merger between ''The Atlanta Journal'' and ''The Atlanta Constitution''. The two staffs were combined in 1982. Separate publication of the morning ''Constitution'' and the afternoon ''Journal'' ended in 2001 in favor of a single morning paper under the ''Journal-Constitution'' name. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' has its headquarters in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody, Georgia. It was formerly co-owned with television flagship WSB-TV and six radio stations, which are located separately in midtown Atlanta; the newspaper remained part of Cox Enterprises, while WSB became part of an independent Cox Media Group. ''The Atlanta Journal'' ''The Atlanta Journal'' was established in 1883. Founder E. F. Hoge sold the paper to Atlanta lawyer Hoke Smith in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television are named), it remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region. It had the sixth-highest circulation for American newspapers in 2017. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the ''Chicago Tribune'' became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century under Medill's grandson, Robert R. McCormick, it achieved a reputation as a crusading paper with a decidedly more American-conservative anti-New Deal outlook, and its writing reached other markets through family and corporate relationships at the ''New York Daily News'' and the ''Washington Times-Herald.'' The 1960s saw its corporate parent owner, Tribune Company, rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Interactive
Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media Group, CBS Interactive, ViacomCBS Streaming), a division of Paramount Global, oversees the company’s streaming technology and offers direct-to-consumer services, free, premium and pay. These include Pluto TV, which has more than 250 live and original channels, and Paramount+, a subscription service that combines breaking news, live sports, and premium entertainment. History As CBS Interactive On May 30, 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for £140 million (US$280 million). On June 30, 2008, CNET, CNET Networks was acquired by CBS and the assets were merged into CBS Interactive, including Metacritic, GameSpot, TV.com, and Movietome. On March 15, 2012, it was announced that CBS Interactive acquired video game-based website Giant Bomb and comic book-based website Comic Vine from Whiskey Media, who sold off their other remaining websites to BermanBraun. This occasion marked the return of video game journalism, video game jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry. Metacritic's scoring converts each review into a percentage, either mathematically from the mark given, or what the site decides subjectively from a qualitative review. Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to a critic's popularity, stature, and volume of reviews. The website won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. Criticism of the site has focused on the assessment system, the ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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