''Impy's Island'', or ''Urmel from the Ice Age'' (), is a 2006 German animated feature film based on the
children's novel
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''
Urmel from the Ice Age'' by
Max Kruse
Max Bennet Kruse (; born 19 March 1988) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward (association football), forward.
Early years
Kruse was born in Reinbek, Stormarn (district ...
.
Plot
On a magical tropical island called Tikiwoo in the 1950s, a fun-loving group of misfit animals and people make a marvelous discovery: a baby ''
Mamenchisaurus'' that was frozen since prehistoric times. Little Impy, as they call him, is loving his new family and ready to explore the strange new world. But when a king from a faraway country vows to capture the lovable baby ''Mamenchisaurus'' for his private collection, all the inhabitants of Impy's island must join together to save their new friend.
Cast
The film stars the voice talents of:
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Wigald Boning as Professor Habakuk Tibatong
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Anke Engelke
Anke Christina Fischer ( Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress, voice actress and television presenter.
Personal life
Born in Montreal, Canada, Engelke moved to Cologne, Germany in 1971 with her German parents. Early ...
as Wutz
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Florian Halm as Diener Sami
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Christoph Maria Herbst
Christoph Maria Herbst (born 9 February 1966) is a German actor and comedian.
Early life
Herbst was born in Wuppertal. After passing the Abitur, he became a trainee banker and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time ...
as Doctor Zwengelmann
* Kevin Iannotta as Tim Tintenklecks
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Stefan Krause as Ping
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Oliver Pocher as Schusch
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Domenic Redl as Urmel
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Frank Schaff as Wawa
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Klaus Sonnenschein as King Pumponell
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Wolfgang Völz as Seele-Fant
For the American release, the voice talents are the following:
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Lisa Ortiz as Impy the ''
Mamenchisaurus'' (Image Entertainment dub)
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Emlyn Morinelli McFarland as Impy the ''
Mamenchisaurus'' (HanWay Films dub)
* Zoe Martin as Ping the
king penguin
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King penguins mainly eat lanternfish, squid, and krill. On foraging trips, king pen ...
*
Maddie Blaustein as Shoe the
shoebill
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*
Sean Schemmel
Sean Schemmel (born November 21, 1968) is an American voice actor, ADR director, and screenwriter known chiefly for his work in cartoons, anime, and video games. His most notable role is the teen and adult voice of Goku, Son Goku in the Funimati ...
as King Pumponell the 55th
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Charlotte Mahoney as Peg the
pig
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* Pete Bowlan as Sami
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Michael Sinterniklaas
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as Professor Horatio Tibberton
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Jimmy Zoppi
James Carter Cathcart (born March 8, 1954), also known as Jimmy Zoppi, is an American retired voice actor, script adaptor, voice director, pianist and vocalist known for providing the English voice for James, Meowth and Professor Oak in the '' ...
as Monty the
monitor lizard
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Alan Smithee as Dr. Zonderburgh
* P.J. Battisti, Jr. as Tim
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Michael Alston Baley as Solomon the
elephant seal
Elephant seals or sea elephants are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus ''Mirounga''. Both species, the northern elephant seal (''M. angustirostris'') and the southern elephant seal (''M. leonina''), were hunted to the brink of ...
Release
The film was released in Germany on 12 February 2007 by
Warner Home Video
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under their
Family Entertainment label.
See also
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List of animated feature films
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List of computer-animated films
External links
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References
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2006 films
2006 computer-animated films
2000s children's animated films
German animated feature films
2000s children's fantasy films
German children's films
German fantasy films
2000s German-language films
Films directed by Reinhard Klooss
Films scored by James Dooley
Films set on islands
Animated films based on German novels
HanWay Films films
Animated films based on children's books
Animated films about dinosaurs
Animated films about penguins
Films based on television series
Films set in the 1950s
Films set on fictional islands
2000s German films
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