The Man Who Sold Himself (1959 film)

For the silent film, see The Man Who Sold Himself (1925 film).

The Man Who Sold Himself
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Directed by	Josef von Báky
Written by	Olaf Herfeldt Erich Kuby Wolf Neumeister
Produced by	Hans Abich Eberhard Krause Rolf Thiele
Starring	Hildegard Knef Hansjörg Felmy Antje Weisgerber
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Caspar van den Berg
Music by	Georg Haentzschel
Production company	Filmaufbau
Distributed by	Europa-Filmverleih
Release date	12 March 1959
Running time	98 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Man Who Sold Himself (German: Der Mann, der sich verkaufte) is a 1959 West German crime film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Hildegard Knef, Hansjörg Felmy and Antje Weisgerber.

It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Kettelhut and Johannes Ott.

Cast

• Hildegard Knef as Martina Schilling
• Hansjörg Felmy as Niko Jost
• Antje Weisgerber as Mrs. Sending
• Kurt Ehrhardt as Carl Sending
• Katharina Matz as Eva Jost
• Ernst Schroder as Münchmann
• Fritz Tillmann as Dr. Schilling
• Charles Brauer
• Fritz Schmiedel as Anton Klee
• Ruth Grossi as Lo Hermann
• Hans Paetsch as Steinmaker
• Jürgen Graf as Fernsehreporter
• Walter Grüters as Minister Ploesch
• Ruth Hausmeister as Sekretärin von Sending
• Bob Iller as Textilfabrikant Rissner
• Günther Jerschke as Dr. Zerbst
• Karl Kramer as Likörfabrikant Kahler
• Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum as Kriminalkommissar Droehnlein
• Hans Leibelt as Bürgermeister
• Erwin Linder as Prosecutor
• Robert Meyn as Herr Stückli
• Reinhold Nietschmann as Warenhausbesitzer Bentheim
• Heinz Piper as Hotelportier
• Karl-Georg Saebisch as Lawyer Longinus
• Manfred Steffen
• Hans Timerding as Oberkellner Berger

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Man Who Sold Himself at IMDb