Movie

Ein Mann im schönsten Alter (1964)

• January 17, 1964
• 1h 49m

• Drama

Overview

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

Writers

Oliver Storz, Rudolf Schneider

Starring

Karl Michael Vogler, Pascale Audret, Françoise Prévost