Bonus on Death

CinematographyGünther Anders
Hannes StaudingerMusic byWilly Schmidt-GentnerDistributed byOefram Filmgesellschaft78 minutesCountryAustriaLanguageGerman

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.^[1]

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 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.

External links

• Bonus on Death at IMDb