German Newsletter

Esteemed clients, dear friends of ARRI,

Enclosed, please find the most recent edition of the ARRI Film & TV newsletter, this time on the occasion of the release of Werner - Eiskalt! This fifth Werner film is a mix of live action and animation scenes directed by Gernot Roll and Rötger "Brösel" Feldmann.

Enjoy the read!

All the best,

Angela Reedwisch and Walter Brus 

OPENING IN GERMAN THEATERS ON JUNE 23, 2011: WERNER - EISKALT!

Art Direction and Animation Director: Rötger Feldmann Live Action Director and DoP: Gernot Roll Screenplay: Rötger Feldmann, Thomas Platt, Herman Weigel Editor: Melania Singer, Sascha Wolff-Täger Production Company: Constantin Film Produktion; Co-producer Little Shark Entertainment German Distributor: Constantin Film Verleih   ARRI Services: Avid, Digital Intermediate, Grading, VFX, Lab for the feature, teaser and trailer ARRI Rental: Camera, Lighting and Grip Equipment

Werner - Eiskalt! is the fifth Werner film based on Rötger "Brösel" Feldmann's famous comic book. Rötger Feldmann, Thomas Platt and Herman Weigel are the trio behind the screenplay. Rötger Feldmann co-directed this fast-paced Werner adventure, set against the backdrop of German history, with Gernot Roll, the director and DoP of the live action sequences. Werner - Eiskalt! is a Constantin Film production co-produced by Little Shark Entertainment. The film is distributed locally by Constantin Film.

Once again, Constantin Film relied on ARRI Film & TV's services, including Avid, Digital Intermediate, grading, VFX and lab work for the feature, as well as the teaser and trailer. ARRI Rental supplied camera (ARRIFLEX D-21), lighting and grip equipment.

Left: Werner (right) and his arch nemesis, Holgi (left), in their first head-to-head race. Right: Starting at a tender age: Werner and Holgi’s first race.

Left: A race ending abruptly. Right: Röhre, Herbert, Holgi, Werner, Walze and Dieter – the soon-to-be president of the biker club – (f.l.t.r) waiting for the starting signal to the big race. © 2011 Constantin Film Verleih GmbH

Werner - Eiskalt! reveals the truth about Brösel, but most of all about Werner, the main character of his comics. The story traces the rivalry between two close friends, who continue to compete even after their demise. Holgi and Werner's first face-off occurred one year after the founding of the republic, when our opponents were still in strollers. They've been vying for victory ever since: as kids on razors, as teenagers on motor scooters and later, during the legendary Hartenholm race. The odds are always stacked against them. Repeatedly, the cops interfere. Once, Werner's motor scooter, which is getting souped up at Röhrich's garage, is confiscated. Another time a party, hosted by the police to honor Werner, the outlaw, for holding a record number of traffic violations, ends in chaos and destruction. But when Brösel finally finishes committing all these memories and events to paper, he realizes - to his horror - that no one cares about his oeuvre - manga mania has won. On Corsica things end in catastrophe for the illustrator during a swimming accident. A jackknife into shallow waters puts him out of commission. The news of the artist's demise leads to a grand revival of his work, which his publisher, Hermann Seidel, shamelessly exploits. But there's no stopping Brösel, who turns out to be a diehard ...