Komm, süsser Tod (2000)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Wolfgang Murnberger

Writers:

Wolf Haas (novel)
Wolf Haas (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 December 2000 (Austria)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Bei Notruf Mord

Plot:

Ex-detective Brenner wants to keep himself out of trouble but several murder cases and his ex-girlfriend Klara finally get him involved...

Plot Keywords:

Murder By Gunshot | Plaster | Dialect | Medical | Voice Over Narration

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Josef Hader	...	Simon Brenner
Simon Schwarz	...	Berti
Barbara Rudnik	...	Klara
Michael Schönborn	...	Junior
Bernd Michael Lade	...	Gross
Nina Proll	...	Angelika Lanz
Karl Markovics	...	Jäger
Reinhard Nowak	...	Munz
Ingrid Burkhard	...	Imbiss-Rosi
Gottfried Breitfuss	...	Kripomann
Georg Veitl	...	Assistent von Kripomann
Hermann Scheidleder	...	Buttinger
Christian Weinberger	...	Bazooka (as C.C. Weinberger)
Trude Ackermann	...	Jägers Mutter
Ulli Fessl	...	Sekretärin (as Ulli Fessl-Junek)

Also Known As:

Come Sweet Death (International: English title) (USA)

Runtime:

Germany:107 min (Berlin Film Festival)

Country:

Austria

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Vienna, Austria

Company:

Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft

Trivia:

Author Wolf Haas appears in the epilogue as a new colleague of Brenner.

Movie Connections:

References High Noon (1952)

High quality murder mystery with outstanding Josef Hader

Can you understand Austrians? Can you understand Germans? Well, I'm a German and I have problems to understand the Vienna dialect presented in this great murder mystery. But reading the subtitles you hopefully understand the all black humor behind it and the joy the actors take from it. And it's such a terribly suspenseful storyline! Well, I did not only laugh out loud many times, I really learned something of my neighbor country which I usually perceive to be so similar to us Germans, but indeed now I better understand that there are not only small differences, they are really originals themselves and this was a great lesson to learn.

Next to great actors I would like to point out that "Sofa Surfers" provided an extremely useful soundtrack to increase the suspense. This cooperation was used again for the new movie Silentium, the new murder mystery written by author Wolf Haas. This one is even darker than "Komm,süsser Tod" (translates something like "Come, sweet death" -J.S. Bach Choral) and I would warn the audience if they have problems to deal with the realism in this one already - it may not be a lot of fun for you then....it might be your next nightmare!