Film

The Price of Survival

1980 · 1h 43m · Drama

IMDb

6.3

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.

Michel Piccoli

René Winterhalter

Martin West

Joseph C. Randolph

Marilyn Clark

Betty Randolph

Suzie Galler

Kathleen Randolph

Ben Dova

Old Jim

Leonard Belove

Henderson

Michael Stumm

Daniel Rosen

Thomas Randolph

William Kuhlke

Roger Burget

Al Christy

Jack Layton

Kurt Weinzierl

Henry Effertz

Charles Jones

John Haseltine

• Hans NoeverDirector · Writer
• Molly von FürstenbergProducer
• Elvira SenftProducer
• Denyse NoeverProducer
• Michel PiccoliProducer
• Walter LassallyDirector of Photography
• Christa WernickeEditor

Release date

February 18, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

12

Genres

Drama