Bonus on Death

{{short description|1950 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Bonus on Death

| image = Bonus on Death (film).jpg

| caption =Judith Holzmeister and Siegfried Breuer

| director = Curd Jürgens

| producer =

| writer = Kurt Heuser
Curd Jürgens

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Judith Holzmeister|Werner Krauss|Siegfried Breuer}}

| music = Willy Schmidt-Gentner

| cinematography = Günther Anders
Hannes Staudinger

| editing =

| studio = Alpen Film

| distributor = Oefram Filmgesellschaft

| released = {{Film date|1950|01|13|df=yes}}

| runtime = 78 minutes

| country = Austria

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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

References

Bibliography

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