The Price of Survival

Overview

Jefferson City, Missouri: 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 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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 18, 1980

Original language

German

Spoken languages

English

Countries

France, Germany

Production

Popular Filmproduktion,BR,Films 66,DNS-Filmproduktion

Cast

Jack Layton,Charles Jones,Roger Burget,Kurt Weinzierl,Leonard Belove,Henry Effertz,Jane McMahon,Marilyn Clark,Charles Devault,Al Christyand 13 more

Director

Hans Noever

Writer

Patrick Roth,Hans Noever,Christian Watton

Producer

Michel Piccoli,Denyse Noever,Molly von Fürstenberg,Elvira Senft

Cinematography

Walter Lassally

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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