Summer Sunday
2008 · 10 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama
Sommersonntag (Summer Sunday) is the dramatic story of Bruno Hansen, a bridge guard of a huge lift bridge in Hamburg. As his 7-year old deaf-mute son climbs down into the restricted area of the lifting equipment while a train is approaching, he has to decide whether to sacrifice his son or to let the fully occupied train drown in the river.
Directed by Siegfried Kamml · Written by Fred Breinersdorfer
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