Ein Mann im schönsten Alter

Ein Mann im schönsten Alter — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 17, 1964
• Runtime
• 109 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Franz Peter Wirth

Ein Mann im schönsten Alter — Cast

Karl Michael Vogler Richard Mertens Pascale Audret Eva Françoise Prévost Lucy Marisa Mell Brigitte Hellmut Lange Ferrow Hans Caninenberg Alfred von Xanten Sigfrit Steiner Kriminalinspektor Scherbl Rosemarie Fendel Margot