Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- witty
- irreverent
- warm
- lazy sunday
- cozy mystery night
What sets it apart
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Franz investigates multiple deaths while domestic conflicts, food rituals, and village eccentricities continually reshape the case.
Niederkaltenkirchen’s limited entertainment, peculiar residents, and mundane routines make the apparent murders unusually disruptive and funny.
Franz balances the Höpfl case with conflict involving his father, grandmother, estranged brother, and Susi’s affair.
Lower Bavarian provincial life, Grandma’s cooking, family gatherings, and the village social ecosystem define the film’s comic world.
Films like Dampfnudelblues, and why
The Pink Panther
small-town crime investigation blended with eccentric humor and regional character comedy
In Bruges
comic police sleuthing, absurd suspects, and a deliberately offbeat investigative tone
The Trouble with Harry
rural murder mystery shaped by colorful local characters and dry social humor
Movie Details
- Director
- Ed Herzog
- Release Date
- 2013-07-31
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (152)
Cast
- Sebastian Bezzel
- Simon Schwarz
- Eisi Gulp
- Ilse Neubauer
- Lisa Maria Potthoff
- Gerhard Wittmann
- Chi Le
- Stephan Zinner
- Ferdinand Hofer
- Daniel Christensen
Common questions
- What is Dampfnudelblues about?
- A laid-back Bavarian policeman pursues a tangled double murder while family drama and village eccentricity repeatedly derail his investigation.
- What is Dampfnudelblues like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Dampfnudelblues as measured, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Dampfnudelblues violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Dampfnudelblues as moderate.
- Which films are like Dampfnudelblues?
- Films with a similar feel include The Pink Panther, In Bruges, and The Trouble with Harry.
- How long is Dampfnudelblues?
- Dampfnudelblues runs 87 minutes.
