Summer Storm is a 2004 German coming-of-age

Coming of age

Coming of age is a young person's transition from childhood to adulthood. The age at which this transition takes place varies in society, as does the nature of the transition. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual, as practiced by many societies...

 film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner

Marco Kreuzpaintner

Marco Kreuzpaintner is a German film director and screenwriter.-Life:Kreuzpaintner was born March 11, 1977 in Rosenheim in Bavaria, Germany. He studied History of Art in Salzburg. He is a self-taught filmmaker with a background in film, advertising and music video production. He was the assistant...

, starring Robert Stadlober

Robert Stadlober

Robert Stadlober is an Austrian actor and musician. His sister is Anja Stadlober, also an actress.-Biography:Robert Stadlober was born 3 August 1982 in the Austrian province of Carinthia and grew up in Puchfeld in the Steiermark and in Berlin...

, Kostja Ullmann

Kostja Ullmann

Kostja Ullmann, born in 1984 in Hamburg, is a German actor, best known for his leading role in the award-winning coming of age drama "Sommersturm" which gained a lot of praise throughout Europe....

, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś

Alicja Bachleda

Alicja Bachleda-Curuś is a Polish actress and singer, who has appeared in films including Trade, Ondine, and Pan Tadeusz.-Early life:...

, and Marlon Kittel

Marlon Kittel

Marlon Kittel is a German actor.- Life and work :Marlon Kittel started working for the film as a stuntman for the German TV series "Der Clown" before he was discovered as an actor. Since 1999, he played in more than a dozen movies and had a number of appearances in German TV series like "The Old...

. The story is set to the background of a rowing regatta

Regatta

A regatta is a series of boat races. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas...

, which climaxes into a summer storm.
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.