
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.
Year 1964
Studio Maran Film
Director Franz Peter Wirth
Crew Oliver Storz (Screenplay), Karl Schröder (Director of Photography), George Gruntz (Original Music Composer), Rudolf Schneider (Novel), Franz Peter Wirth (Director), Rolf Zehetbauer (Art Direction)
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Language Deutsch