Bonus on Death

Bonus on Death
Judith Holzmeister and Siegfried Breuer
Directed by	Curd Jürgens
Written by	Kurt Heuser Curd Jürgens
Starring	Judith Holzmeister Werner Krauss Siegfried Breuer
Cinematography	Günther Anders Hannes Staudinger
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company	Alpen Film
Distributed by	Oefram Filmgesellschaft
Release date	13 January 1950 (1950-01-13)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

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 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

1. Fritsche p.31

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Bonus on Death at IMDb