Released:
1964-01-17

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

Runtime:
1h 49min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Karl Michael Vogler
  as
  Richard Mertens
• 
  Pascale Audret
  as
  Eva
• 
  Françoise Prévost
  as
  Lucy
• 
  Marisa Mell
  as
  Brigitte
• 
  Hellmut Lange
  as
  Ferrow