Komm, süßer Tod (film)

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Komm, süßer Tod
DVD Cover of Komm, Süßer Tod, as a part of the series Der Österreichische Film.
Directed by	Wolfgang Murnberger
Produced by	Danny Krausz Kurt Stocker
Written by	Novel: Wolf Haas Screenplay: Wolf Haas Josef Hader Wolfgang Murnberger
Starring	Josef Hader Simon Schwarz Barbara Rudnik Michael Schönborn Bernd Michael Lade Nina Proll Karl Markovics Reinhard Nowak
Music by	Sofa Surfers
Editing by	Evi Romen
Distributed by	DOR Film
Release date(s)	December 22, 2000 (AT)
Running time	104 min.
Country	Austria
Language	Austrian
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Komm, süßer Tod (Come Sweet Death) is a 2000 Austrian black comedy based on the novel by Wolf Haas of the same name. It is one of the Brenner detective stories, which tell of the luckless life of ex-policeman and unsuccessful private investigator Simon Brenner, who tramps throughout Austria and stumbles upon difficult crime cases.

Brenner is portrayed by one of Austria's most famous comedians, Josef Hader. "Komm, süßer Tod" was produced by DOR Film, the Austrian Film Institute and ORF.

The film won the Romy Award for being the most successful Austrian movie of 2001. It is considered one of the best Austrian films and is sometimes compared with Bringing Out the Dead, but is more European-style and more humorous.

Tagline:

Bei Notruf Mord (Dial 911 for Murder)

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Former police officer and luckless private investigator Simon Brenner has become an emergency medical technician, having been fired from the police force because he slept with his boss's wife. He only wants to keep out of trouble and keep a steady job for a while, but finds himself caught up in a war between two rival EMS organizations.

Brenner is dragged back into his old detective life when a well-known nurse falls victim to a double murder in a hospital. The weary Brenner does not care, but his young and idealistic EMS partner Berti is eager to investigate. Soon after this another murder occurs — this time a fellow paramedic is the victim.

Brenner finally realizes that he has to solve this case, if only to return to his quiet and blissfully uneventful life of late. Slowly but stubbornly plodding along, he uncovers the ugly truth as he is confronted with the bitter war between rival ambulance companies.