''Komm, süßer Tod'' (Come Sweet Death) is a 2000

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n darkly humorous

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based on the novel by

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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,

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. The film won the

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for being the most successful Austrian movie of 2001.

Plot

Former police officer and luckless private investigator Simon Brenner has become an

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, 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.

Cast

as Simon Brenner *

Simon Schwarz Simon Schwarz (born 10 January 1971 in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , ...

as Berti *

Barbara Rudnik Barbara Rudnik (; 27 July 1958 – 23 May 2009) was a German actress. Selected filmography External links * 1958 births 2009 deaths German film actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century Ge ...

as Klara * Michael Schönborn as Junior * Bernd Michael Lade as Gross, "Piefke" *

Nina Proll Nina Proll (born 12 January 1974) is an Austrian actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1995. She starred in the film ''September'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film ...

as Angelika Lanz *

Karl Markovics Karl Markovics is an Austrian actor and film director. He was born in Vienna, Austria. Biography Markovics' mother worked as a clerk and his father was a bus driver. Markovics did not want to go into a professional career but wanted to become a ...

as Jäger *

Reinhard Nowak Reinhard Nowak (born 28 April 1964) is an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1985. Selected filmography References External links * * 1964 births Living people Austrian male film actors {{Austria-actor ...

as Hansi Munz

Production

''Komm, süßer Tod'' was produced by DOR Film, the Austrian Film Institute and

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Reception

The film opened on 50 screens, large for Austria. It became the fourth-highest-grossing film in Austria of all time with admissions of 232,009.

References

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* * 2000 films 2000 black comedy films 2000s crime comedy films 2000s German-language films Films based on Austrian novels Films based on crime novels 2000 comedy films Austrian black comedy films Austrian crime comedy films {{comedy-crime-film-stub