Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- absurd
- irreverent
- grotesque
- cult movie night
- comedy marathon
What sets it apart
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Doc Snyder is a self-serious villain whose criminal exploits and domestic dependence turn the western outlaw archetype into farce.
Doc returns home so his mother can wash his clothes, sharply undercutting his reputation as a terrorizing villain.
Doc loses his bag of clothes during the stagecoach attack, and the resulting attempt to rob Nasenmann drives the central chain of events.
The German-language production uses Texas outlaw mythology, stagecoach attacks, hangings, sheriffs, and bandits as material for a distinctly German comedy.
Films like Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem, and why
Blazing Saddles
absurdist western parody with broad physical comedy and an eccentric outlaw protagonist
Three Amigos!
cult western spoof built around comic genre inversion, eccentric characters, and deliberately cartoonish violence
The Holy Mountain
surreal, irreverent comedy that treats criminality and authority as material for grotesque performance
Movie Details
- Directors
- Ralf Huettner, Helge Schneider
- Release Date
- 1993-11-11
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (48)
Cast
- Helge Schneider
- Peter Berling
- Andreas Kunze
- Peter Thoms
- Werner Abrolat
- Helmut Kleinmann
- Buddy Casino
- Charlie Weiss
- Christa Strobel
- Mirjam Wiesemann
Common questions
- What is Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem about?
- A self-important Texas outlaw returns home amid a missing laundry bag, a revenge-seeking bandit, and a family crisis in this delirious German western spoof.
- What is Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem as mild.
- Which films are like Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem?
- Films with a similar feel include Blazing Saddles, Three Amigos!, and The Holy Mountain.
- How long is Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem?
- Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem runs 86 minutes.
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