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

Plot

''Storm'' follows the developments of a trial at

the Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

for

war crimes A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hos ...

committed during the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...

. Prosecutor Hannah Maynard ( Kerry Fox), charges a Bosnian Serb Commander for killing

Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

. 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

* Kerry Fox - Hannah Maynard * Anamaria Marinca - Mira Arendt *

Stephen Dillane Stephen John Dillane (; born 27 March 1957) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Leonard Woolf in the 2002 film ''The Hours (film), The Hours'', Stannis Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'' (2012–2015) and T ...

- Keith Haywood *

Rolf Lassgård Rolf Holger Lassgård (born 29 March 1955) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his many roles in crime dramas. Life and career Lassgård was born in Östersund, Jämtland. A keen amateur ice hockey player in his youth, he also joined theatre tea ...

- Jonas Dahlberg *

Alexander Fehling Alexander Fehling is a German film and stage actor. He is best known for portraying Master Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino World War II film '' Inglourious Basterds'', and as Jonas Hollander season 5 in the Showtime original series ' ...

- Patrick Färber * Tarik Filipović - Mladen Banović * Krešimir Mikić - Alen Hajdarević * - Jan Arendt * Jadranka Đokić - Belma Šulić * Dražen Kühn - Goran Durić

Reception

Writing for

the New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

Stephen Holden Stephen Holden (born July 18, 1941) is an American writer, poet, and music and film critic. Biography Holden earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Yale University in 1963. He worked as a photo editor, staff writer, and eventually be ...

called ''Storm'' "remarkably restrained" and "very well acted."

References

External links

* 2009 drama films 2009 films English-language German films English-language Dutch films English-language Danish films German drama films Dutch drama films Danish drama films Films about war crimes trials 2000s German films Films directed by Hans-Christian Schmid {{2000s-drama-film-stub