Love Is Only a Word () 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 References Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links 1971 films 1971 drama films German drama films West German films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Alfred Vohrer Constantin Film films Adultery in films Films based on Austrian novels 1970s German films