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The Man Who Sold Himself (1959)
Directed by Josef von Báky
Crime, Drama · 1h 38m
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.
Cast
Hildegard Knef
Martina Schilling
Hansjörg Felmy
Niko Jost
A
Antje Weisgerber
Mrs. Sending
Kurt Ehrhardt
Carl Sending
Katharina Matz
Eva Jost
Ernst Schröder
Münchmann
Fritz Tillmann
Dr. Schilling
Charles Brauer
Ruth Grossi
Lo Hermann
Hans Paetsch
Steinmaker
W
Walter Grüters
Minister Ploesch
Hans Leibelt
Bürgermeister
Crew
- Director
- Josef von Báky
- Writer
- Erich Kuby
- Director of Photography
- Friedl Behn-Grund
- Original Music Composer
- Georg Haentzschel
- Editor
- Caspar van den Berg
- Producer
- Rolf Thiele, Hans Abich
Details
- Original title
- Der Mann, der sich verkaufte
- Release date
- 1959-03-12
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Filmaufbau