Ein Mann im schönsten Alter

1964· 109 min★ 7.3· 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.

Cast: Karl Michael Vogler, Pascale Audret, Françoise Prévost

Director: Franz Peter Wirth