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.
Cast
- Karl Michael Vogler as Richard Mertens
- Pascale Audret as Eva
- Françoise Prévost as Lucy
- Marisa Mell as Brigitte
- Hellmut Lange as Ferrow
- Hans Caninenberg as Alfred von Xanten
- Sigfrit Steiner as Kriminalinspektor Scherbl
- Rosemarie Fendel as Margot