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

Cast: Karl Michael Vogler, Pascale Audret, Françoise Prévost, Marisa Mell, Hellmut Lange, Hans Caninenberg, Sigfrit Steiner, Rosemarie Fendel

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.