Ein Mann im schönsten Alter
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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.
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Cast
18 people
Karl Michael Vogler
Richard Mertens
Known for
Patton
Deep End
Pascale Audret
Eva
Also in
Spotlight on a Murderer
The Phantom of Liberty
Franz Peter Wirth
Rolf Zehetbauer
Rudolf Schneider
Françoise Prévost
Lucy
Known for
The Return of the Exorcist
Paris Belongs to Us
Oliver Storz
George Gruntz
Marisa Mell
Brigitte
Known for
Danger: Diabolik
One on Top of the Other
Karl Schröder
Hellmut Lange
Ferrow
Also in
The Leatherstocking Tales
The Forger of London
Hans Caninenberg
Alfred von Xanten
Known for
Sandokan
The Odessa File
Franz Peter Wirth Director · Oliver Storz Screenplay Rudolf Schneider Author
First release January 17, 1964 · Produced in Germany
Production
Maran Film
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 17, 1964
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No release date listed for United States.
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