The Price of Survival (1980)
1h 43m
Running Time
February 18, 1980Release Date
The Price of Survival (1980)
1h 43m
Running Time
February 18, 1980Release Date
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Plot.
German director Hans Noever shot this crime drama in the U.S. in English, an unusual achievement at this time. The setting is Jefferson City, Missouri, and Joseph Randolph, a VIP in a fictional electronics company, has just gotten the sack. The company bigwigs insist it is simply because of downsizing, but Randolph is not buying it. Enraged, he gets a handgun (this is the U.S.) and shoots five managers to death. Then he turns himself in and is eventually put in a psychiatric hospital by the police. His family suffers a series of tragedies that leave only his daughter to wonder about why her father was committed to an institution. She joins with a visiting reporter from Chicago and another interested man, and all three start digging deeper into the company's history.
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Cast & Crew.
Michel Piccoli
René Winterhalter / Producer
Martin West
Joseph C. Randolph
Marilyn Clark
Betty Randolph
Suzie Galler
Kathleen Randolph
Ben Dova
Old Jim
Leonard Belove
Henderson
Michael Stumm
Daniel Rosen
Thomas Randolph
William Kuhlke
Roger Burget
Al Christy
Ron Fortunato
Assistant Camera
Dirk Petersmann
Unit Manager / Assistant Director
Richard Pfannenstiel
Unit Manager
Kim Schäfermeyer
Cinematography
Alain Wermus
Assistant Director
Patrick Roth
Dialogue
Christian Watton
Dialogue
Veith von Fürstenberg
Production Manager
Susi Gogel
Assistant Editor
Hans-Dieter Schwarz
Sound Mixer
Michael Etz
Sound Assistant
Silvia Huber
Assistant Editor
Ed Parente
Sound
Ursula Jeshel
Assistant Director
Elvira Senft
Producer
Denyse Noever
Producer
Toni Lüdi
Production Design
Carol Cox
Costume Design
Anita Müllerschön
Costume Design
Hans Kaden
Co-Producer
Molly von Fürstenberg
Producer
Hans Noever
Director / Writer
Walter Lassally
Director of Photography
Joe Haider
Music
Christa Wernicke
Editor
Paul Murphy
Jane McMahon
Jack Plympton
Kurt Koepke
Don Shinkle
Charles Devault
Ken Myers
John Haseltine
Charles Jones
Henry Effertz
Kurt Weinzierl
Jack Layton
Details.
Release DateFebruary 18, 1980
Original NameDer Preis fürs Überleben
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Genres
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Wiki.
Der Preis fürs Überleben is a 1980 West German drama film directed by Hans Noever. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.