Come Sweet Death (2000)

Original title

Komm, süßer Tod

Directed by

Wolfgang Murnberger

Genre

comedy film, thriller film

Country

Austria

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

16

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 68 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ex-policeman and private investigator stumbles into a murder case across Austria. He tries to solve the crime despite his unlucky streak.

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What happens

Come, Sweet Death (German: Komm, süßer Tod) is a 2000 Austrian darkly humorous crime film based on the novel of the same name by Wolf Haas. 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. The film won the Romy Award for being the most successful Austrian movie of 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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