Film

Ein Mann im schönsten Alter

1964 · 1h 49m · Drama

IMDb

7.0

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.

Karl Michael Vogler

Richard Mertens

Pascale Audret

Eva

Françoise Prévost

Lucy

Marisa Mell

Brigitte

Hellmut Lange

Ferrow

Hans Caninenberg

Alfred von Xanten

Sigfrit Steiner

Kriminalinspektor Scherbl

Rosemarie Fendel

Margot

• Franz Peter WirthDirector
• Oliver StorzScreenplay
• Rudolf SchneiderNovel
• Karl SchröderDirector of Photography
• George GruntzOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 17, 1964

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Drama