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The Man Who Sold Himself

7 average rating
7
German / 98 MIN. / 1959

The Genres

The Synopsis

Meant to be a diatribe against yellow journalism and current social ills, this weakly limned drama by Josef von Baky features a reporter who works for one of the tabloid papers. The reporter digs up dirt on the past life of a local hotel owner, and wanting to take full advantage of the muck, he strings out his revelations in a series of perjorative, damning articles on the man. The result of this campaign turns out to be much worse than simply ruining the hotel owner's reputation.

The Cast

Hildegard KnefHansjörg FelmyAntje WeisgerberKurt EhrhardtKatharina MatzErnst SchröderFritz TillmannCharles BrauerRuth GrossiHans PaetschWalter GrütersHans LeibeltGünther JerschkeKarl-Heinz KreienbaumManfred SteffenRobert MeynReinhold NietschmannKarl-Georg SaebischFritz Schmiedel

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