The Man Who Sold Himself

Name: The Man Who Sold Himself
Genre: Crimen, Drama
Released: 1959-03-12
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Hildegard Knef, Hansjörg Felmy, Antje Weisgerber, Kurt Ehrhardt, Katharina Matz

Der Mann, der sich verkaufte

1959 1 h 38 min

Crime Drama

70%

Audience score1 votes on TMDB

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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.