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Bonus on Death

1950 film


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]

Quick Facts Bonus on Death, Directed by ...

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


References

  1. Fritsche p.31

Bibliography

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

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