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.

Ursula Jeshel

Assistant Director

Veith von Fürstenberg

Production Manager

Michael Etz

Sound Assistant

Dirk Petersmann

Assistant Director

Susi Gogel

Assistant Editor

Alain Wermus

Assistant Director

Patrick Roth

Dialogue

Dirk Petersmann

Unit Manager

Silvia Huber

Assistant Editor

Kim Schäfermeyer

Cinematography

Ron Fortunato

Assistant Camera

Elvira Senft

Producer

Hans Kaden

Co-Producer

Toni Lüdi

Production Design

Carol Cox

Costume Design

Anita Müllerschön

Costume Design

Hans Noever

Director

Walter Lassally

Director of Photography

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