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.

Director

Franz Peter Wirth

Novela

Rudolf Schneider

Screenplay

Oliver Storz

Music

George Gruntz

Status

Released

Release date

17/01/1964

Original language

German