The Man Who Sold Himself

• Movies
• 1959-03-12
• DE
• Released
• 2h 38m
• DE
• Crime - Drama

• 0.0
• 0

Production

Filmaufbau

Storyline

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.