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Bonus on Death
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Wikipedia article
'Bonus on Death' (German: 'Prmien auf den Tod') is a 1950 Austrian crime film directed by Curd Jrgens and starring Judith Holzmeister, Werner Krauss and Siegfried Breuer. One of a handful of Austrian crime films made during the post-war period, it was not particularly successful at the box office.Fritsche p.31
The film's sets were designed by Isabella Schlichting and Werner Schlichting.
Synopsis
Short of money, a man creates a scam where he draws life insurance policies for fake identities, then pretends they have died in order to collect the payout.
Cast
* Judith Holzmeister as Evelyn Biaggi
* Werner Krauss as Dr. Schmidt
* Siegfried Breuer as Peter Lissen - Versicherungsagent
* Felix Steinboeck as Kako, Klavierspieler
* Curd Jrgens as Gunarson, Operntenor
* Josef Meinrad as Matrose
* Gisele Wilke as Cleo, Hafenwirtin
* Edith Mill as Kellnerin
* Melanie Horeschowsky as Tilla, Lissens Quartierfrau
* Hermann Thimig as Muschel, Hafensinspektor
* Karl Gnther
* Hermann Erhardt
* Ilse Trenker
* Gusti Wolf
* Ivn Petrovich
* Herta Baumann
* Eugen Eisenlohr
* Liselotte Gerhard
* Hans Graff
* Martha Hartmann
* Friedrich Kutschera
* Hans Mraschner
* Mimi Stelzer
* Ernst Therwal
References
Bibliography
* Fritsche, Maria. 'Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity'. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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