Wolfgang Murnberger Wolfgang Murnberger studied directing, scrennplay writing and editing at the Vienna Film Academy and has been a freelance author and director since 1991. Following his recent success with the comedy thriller Komm süßer Tod (Come, Sweet Death), which became the most successful Austrian cinema film of 2001, attracting audiences of more than 230,000, Wolfgang Murnberger has now filmed another crime comedy: Taxi für eine Leiche (Taxi for a Corpse). Gertraud Jesserer Gertraud Jesserer's film career started at the age of 14 when she acted in a film with Romy Schneider. Since then she has made her name in both comic and serious roles in German-language cinema, as well as on TV and the stage. In Taxi for a Corpse she demonstrates both facets of her art in her role as cinema proprietress Hermine H. Karlheinz Hackl Karlheinz Hackl is well-known in German-speaking countries as a highly versatile actor and director and is one of the stars of the Austrian theatre and TV scene. In Taxi for a Corpse he imbues the role of head waiter Schorsch with irresistible Viennese charm. Brigitte Kren Brigitte Kren started off her professional life as a medical laboratory technician and also ran a fashionable bar before becoming an actress. Since the mid-1990s she has appeared in numerous TV productions and films. In Taxi for a Corpse she plays the role of Lotte with an earthy feistiness. Karl Fischer Following training at the Max Reinhardt Seminar drama school in Vienna and professional engagements in Germany, Karl Fischer joined the Burgtheater, Vienna's premier stage, in 1992. He achieved fame in German-speaking countries with his role as Vianello in Brunetti, the TV series based on Donna Leon's best-selling novels. In Taxi for a Corpse Fischer plays the cab driver Wurli, who lets his feelings of jealousy run away with him, thereby complicating matters even further. Lars Rudolph Lars Rudolph gained his initial stage experience as a musician in avant-garde rock bands touring across Europe and America, only later turning to acting. Since then he has acted regularly in numerous German-language films. In Taxi für eine Leiche (Taxi for a Corpse) he plays the sex fetishist Gabriel who's looking for a cure in the city of Sigmund Freud, despite the niggling doubt that without this little vice his life might be the poorer.