Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- boisterous
- surreal
- cult movie night
- animation double feature
What sets it apart
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The plot explicitly presents an interconnected fifty-fifty animation and live-action structure.
Brösel contemplates his life, work, and death while confronting a major personal defeat.
The film draws directly on Rötger Feldmann's German Werner comic and its established characters.
Beer, motorcycles, chases, and races are central keywords and recognizable motifs in the premise.
Films like Werner - Eiskalt!, and why
Werner – Beinhart!
German cult-comic adaptation combining live action, animation, irreverent humor, and motorcycle-centered antics
Heavy Metal
Animated comedy built around anarchic visual gags, eccentric characters, and countercultural humor
Cool World
Live-action and animated hybrid with comic-strip sensibility and surreal, irreverent comedy
Movie Details
- Director
- Gernot Roll
- Release Date
- 2011-06-23
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (54)
Cast
- Rötger Feldmann
- Andi Feldmann
- Klaus Büchner
- Ivonne Schönherr
- Marysol Fernandez
- Richard Sammel
- Kalle Haverland
- Jochen Nickel
- Michael Lott
- Thorsten Schütt
Common questions
- What is Werner - Eiskalt! about?
- A German comic creator confronts mortality and defeat through a chaotic hybrid of animated motorcycle mayhem and live-action reflection.
- What is Werner - Eiskalt! like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Werner - Eiskalt! as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Werner - Eiskalt! violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Werner - Eiskalt! as mild.
- Which films are like Werner - Eiskalt!?
- Films with a similar feel include Werner – Beinhart!, Heavy Metal, and Cool World.
- How long is Werner - Eiskalt!?
- Werner - Eiskalt! runs 98 minutes.
