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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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 17, 1964
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Maran Film
- Cast
- Karl Michael Vogler,Pascale Audret,Hellmut Lange,Sigfrit Steiner,Rosemarie Fendel,Françoise Prévost,Marisa Mell,Hans Caninenberg
- Director
- Franz Peter Wirth
- Writer
- Rudolf Schneider,Oliver Storz
- Cinematography
- Karl Schröder
- Music
- George Gruntz
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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