The aging writer Aurelio Morelli is disillusioned: although the critics like his books, they are barely read. He develops hatred on youth and their depraved moral. One night he goes with a callgirl - and kills her. The police doesn't have a clue, only the unscrupulous sensational journalist Bossi suspects him. Instead of naming him to the police, he persuades Morelli to write about the murder for his paper. Morelli uses the occasion to write his memoirs, in which he confesses lots of other crimes before this last one...
Mel Ferrer
as Aurelio Morelli
Klaus Kinski
as Emilio Bossi
Susanne Uhlen
as Agnese
Elke Sommer
as Christa Sonntag
Andrea Rau
as Herta Enzian
Heinz Bennent
as Inspektor Canonica
Franz Rudnick
as Assistent
Willi Rose
as Whitaker
Sabine von Maydell
as Bibliothekarin
Sonja Jeannine
as Vera Pisenti
Maria D'Incoronato
as Girl at Francesco's Party
Giovannella Grifeo
as Lucia
