Ein Mann im schönsten Alter

Richard Mertens, a successful magazine editor with a cold, empty marriage to Lucy, seeks excitement through an affair with younger colleague Eva. Yet his need for status traps him in superficiality, undermining genuine connection. A legal battle with old friend Ferrow, won through perjury, reveals Mertens’s moral emptiness, shattering his relationship with Eva. Alone, he finds solace only in listening to bartender Brigitte.

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109 min

Cast

Karl Michael Vogler

as Richard Mertens

Pascale Audret

as Eva

Françoise Prévost

as Lucy

Marisa Mell

as Brigitte

Hellmut Lange

as Ferrow

Hans Caninenberg

as Alfred von Xanten

Sigfrit Steiner

as Kriminalinspektor Scherbl

Rosemarie Fendel

as Margot

Director

Franz Peter Wirth