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.

• Oliver StorzScreenplay
• George GruntzOriginal Music Composer
• Franz Peter WirthDirector

• Karl Michael VoglerRichard Mertens
• Pascale AudretEva
• Françoise PrévostLucy
• Marisa MellBrigitte
• Hellmut LangeFerrow
• Hans CaninenbergAlfred von Xanten
• Sigfrit SteinerKriminalinspektor Scherbl
• Rosemarie FendelMargot