Bonus on Death (German: Prämien auf den Tod) is a 1950 Austrian crime film directed by Curd Jürgens 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 takes out life insurance policies on fake identities, then pretends they have died in order to collect the payouts.
Cast Judith Holzmeister as Evelyn Biaggi Werner Krauss as Dr. Schmidt Siegfried Breuer as Peter Lissen - Versicherungsagent Felix Steinboeck as Kako, Klavierspieler Curd Jürgens 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 Günther Hermann Erhardt Ilse Trenker Gusti Wolf Iván 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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