The Man Who Sold Himself
(1959)
★ 7 IMDb · 1 votes
Year: 1959
Runtime: 98 мин
Country: Germany
Director: Josef von Báky
Cast: Хильдегард Кнеф, Hansjörg Felmy, Antje Weisgerber, Kurt Ehrhardt, Katharina Matz, Ernst Schröder, Fritz Tillmann, Charles Brauer, Ruth Grossi, Hans Paetsch
Plot
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.