The Price of Survival
103 mins
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.
Marilyn Clark
Betty Randolph
Suzie Galler
Kathleen Randolph
Ben Dova
Old Jim
Leonard Belove
Henderson
Daniel Rosen
Thomas Randolph
Ed Parente
Sound
Ursula Jeshel
Assistant Director
Veith von Fürstenberg
Production Manager
Michael Etz
Sound Assistant
Dirk Petersmann
Assistant Director
Richard Pfannenstiel
Unit Manager
Susi Gogel
Assistant Editor
Christian Watton
Dialogue
Patrick Roth
Dialogue
Dirk Petersmann
Unit Manager
Silvia Huber
Assistant Editor
Kim Schäfermeyer
Cinematography
Ron Fortunato
Assistant Camera
Hans-Dieter Schwarz
Sound Mixer
Elvira Senft
Producer
Molly von Fürstenberg
Producer
Hans Kaden
Co-Producer
Toni Lüdi
Production Design
Denyse Noever
Producer
Carol Cox
Costume Design
Anita Müllerschön
Costume Design
Hans Noever
Director
Hans Noever
Writer
Joe Haider
Music
Christa Wernicke
Editor