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Prämien auf den Tod

1950

A subdued post-war crime drama where a desperate man's clever scheme slowly unravels under moral weight.

Directed by
Curd Jürgens
Genres
Crime
Starring
Siegfried Breuer, Judith Holzmeister, Werner Krauss
Overview
In order to impress a socially superior woman with money, an unsuccessful insurance agent commits sophisticated fraud: he concludes contracts with fictitious people and collects the insurance sums after their "death". However, his first fictional persona is his downfall.

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Directed by
Curd Jürgens
Genres
Crime
Starring
Siegfried Breuer, Judith Holzmeister, Werner Krauss
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • deception
  • greed
  • class
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
crime
Directed by
Curd Jürgens
Starring
Siegfried Breuer, Judith Holzmeister, Werner Krauss, Curd Jürgens, Josef Meinrad, Gusti Wolf, Iván Petrovich, Edith Mill
Country
Austria
Languages
German

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