Ein Mann im schönsten Alter (1964)
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.
Director:
Franz Peter Wirth
Writer:
Oliver Storz
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Karl Michael Vogler as Richard Mertens |
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Pascale Audret as Eva |
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Françoise Prévost as Lucy |
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Marisa Mell as Brigitte |
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Hellmut Lange as Ferrow |
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Hans Caninenberg as Alfred von Xanten |
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Sigfrit Steiner as Kriminalinspektor Scherbl |
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Rosemarie Fendel as Margot |
| Directing | Franz Peter Wirth | Director |
| Writing | Rudolf Schneider | Novel |
| Writing | Oliver Storz | Screenplay |
| Sound | George Gruntz | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Karl Schröder | Director of Photography |
| Art | Rolf Zehetbauer | Art Direction |