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Synopsis:
The Bet is a game of life and death and Porter (Daniel Schröder) is man who hass spent his life searching for the ultimate thrill. This time he found a game where the stakes were higher than he could ever imagine and being hunted down by Smith (Peter Farkas) was not something he had quite bargained for. Having bitten off more than he could possibly chew, Porter is on the run and this time for his life. The Bet is a game of life and death. Will he avoid paying the ferryman!
Running Time: 7 50
Genre: Psychological Drama
Format: HDV 16:9
Completed: June 2011
Location: Berlin, Germany
CAST and CREW CREW
Written & Director: Anthony Straeger
Additional Material: Don Allen
Music: Per R. Ø. Salkowitsch
1st Assistant Director/Production Manager: Marcus Hanisch
Director of Photography: Jan Saßmannshausen
Sound Recordist: Stephan Blosche
VFX Post Productions: Nick Tregenza (TrigFX)
Sound Mix Editor: Chris Reading
Editor: Anthony Straeger
Executive Producer: John Slocombe
Special Thanks:
MonstaMovies Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG
25p *cine support GmbH
Produced by
Quid In Shrapnel Productions
CAST
Porter: Daniel Schröder
Smith: Peter Farkas
Masters: Anthony Straeger
BACKGROUND 
Background
The Bet is a contemporary, character driven psychological drama that tells a fully-realized story in less than 8 minutes. Written by Anthony Straeger and with extra material from Don Allen the story twists and turns in its given time. The initial idea came as a series of shorts that would link together to create a broader story. So as such this is The BET Part 1/the bluff.
Shot on HDV over a single weekend in February 2011 with a limited budget (less than 1000 euros) and to make matters slightly more difficult only 6 hours of daylight per day with mean average temperature of minus ten centigrade. Testing to say the least and the cast and crew had to be ultra efficient in order to compete and survive in the allotted time.
The team comprised of 2 English and 4 Germans, the same score as in the 2010 World Cup.
Composer Per R. Ø. Salkowitsch a Norwegian living in Vienna provides an unnerving electronic based score that maintains the intensity throughout.
