Love Is Only a Word | |
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Directed by | Alfred Vohrer |
Screenplay by | Manfred Purzer |
Based on | Love is Just a Word (novel) by Johannes Mario Simmel |
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Cinematography | Charly Steinberger |
Edited by | Jutta Hering |
Music by | Erich Ferstl |
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Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Love Is Only a Word ( German: Liebe ist nur ein Wort) is a 1971 West German drama film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Judy Winter, Herbert Fleischmann and Malte Thorsten. [1]
21-year-old Oliver Mansfeld is the son of an industrialist. Belatedly, he tries to complete his abitur in a boarding school. He falls head over heels in love with Verena Angenfort, ten years his senior. However, she is married to a much older banker who does business with Oliver's father. Verena and Oliver begin a violent but short-lived affair. Mansfeld does not see through the web of intrigues and entanglements around him in time and finally commits suicide.