Ein Mann im schönsten Alter

Ein Mann im schönsten Alter (1964)

Drama

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

Casts

	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

Crew