Love Is Only a Word

Love Is Only a Word (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.

Plot
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.

Cast

 * Judy Winter as Verena Angenfort
 * Herbert Fleischmann as Manfred Angenfort
 * Malte Thorsten as Oliver Mansfeld
 * Donata Höffer as Geraldine Reber
 * Karl Walter Diess as Butler Leo
 * Joey Schoenfelder as Hansi
 * Konrad Georg as Professor
 * Friedrich Siemers as Dr. Florian
 * Bernd Redecker as Walter Colland
 * Manuel Iregsusi as Raschid
 * Friedrich G. Beckhaus as Kommissar Hardenberg
 * Holger Hagen as Dr. Haberl
 * Inge Langen as Katharina Mansfeld, Olivers Mutter
 * Dieter Wagner as Deutschlehrer
 * Ossi Eckmüller as Zollbeamter
 * Gretl Schörg as Pflegerin
 * Elisabeth Volkmann as Angenforts Sekretärin
 * Franz Rudnick as Kasilowski
 * Frank Süssenguth as Pilot Teddy Behnke