Summer Outside (2012)
An unusually hot summer. Fourteen year-old Wanda moves with her family from Berlin to Switzerland. Everything will be better here. The move is meant to heal the open wounds of the family. Anna, the mother, has lost her self-confidence due to an affair her husband Joachim had in Berlin. The big house with the overgrown garden and the pretty small town all seems like one big promise. But the new beginning is difficult for everyone. Joachim, 40, throws himself into family activism while Anna, also 40, tries to strengthen the family with new rituals.
Director: Friederike Jehn
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Maria Dragus as Wanda |
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Nicolette Krebitz as Anna |
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Wolfram Koch as Joachim |
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Audrey Käthe von Scheele as Miss Sophie |
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Nalu Walder as Bubi |
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Philippe Graber as Hannes |
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Joel Basman as Theo |
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Ella Rumpf as Mia |
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Jael Schlatter as Lou |
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Gilles Tschudi as Lehrer Meier |
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Marie Leuenberger as Kindergärtnerin |
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Ueli Jäggi as Arzt |
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Aline Julie Hubschmid as Lena |
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Annabella Drewanowski as Eva |
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Noemi Leonhardt as Ruth |
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Marco Ischi as Vater der Idealfamilie |
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Elvira Kaspar as Mutter der Idealfamilie |
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Elina Baumann as Tochter der Idealfamilie |
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Verena Zimmermann as Lisbeth |
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Manon Ulli as Mädchen |
| Directing | Friederike Jehn | Director |
| Writing | Lara Schützsack | Writer |
| Writing | Friederike Jehn | Writer |
| Production | Stefan Sporbert | Producer |
| Editing | Isabel Meier | Editor |
| Production | Rüdiger Heinze | Producer |
| Crew | Sten Mende | Cinematography |
| Production | Robert Geisler | Production Manager |