Ein Mann im schönsten Alter

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Karl Michael VoglerRichard Mertens

Pascale AudretEva

Françoise PrévostLucy

Marisa MellBrigitte

Hellmut LangeFerrow

Hans CaninenbergAlfred von Xanten

Sigfrit SteinerKriminalinspektor Scherbl

Rosemarie FendelMargot