Wet Asphalt
Lost Noir
Fresh from prison, Greg Bachmann (Horst Buchholz) is a young reporter who becomes the personal assistant to Cesar Boyd (Martin Held), a popular yellow journalist. With an important news deadline looming, Boyd concocts a fantastic story about a blind Nazi soldier who emerges from a bunker several years after the end of WWII.
Other reporters jump on the story, spinning a new web of lies. A phony picture of the blind man is splashed on the front page of newspapers throughout Europe. The Red Cross is besieged by grieving families who claim the man is their long-lost relative. A peaceful demonstration demanding his release turns into a full-scale riot.
Bachmann discovers Boyd's story is fraudulent and attempts to warn the public and other journalists that they've been duped - only to find they're more interested in hysteria than truth.
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Truly black & white - eleanorm
I really enjoyed this film. The black and white cinematogaphy suited the theme -- a small lie grows into a whopper almost without any help. Very direct theme, and also very direct acting, no subtlety of action or motive. You need a story, you make up a story, and if it takes on a life of its own, well, c'est la vie.
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Truly black & white - eleanorm
I really enjoyed this film. The black and white cinematogaphy suited the theme -- a small lie grows into a whopper almost without any help. Very direct theme, and also very direct acting, no subtlety of action or motive. You need a story, you make up a ...