Hofreiter, who has a relationship with Natter's wife Adele, confronts Natter after the latter launches a newspaper advertisement linking the suicide of an admirer of Hofreiter's wife to Hofreiter himself. In his tried and tested manner, Hofreiter challenges his vis-a-vis to a duel, but contrary to all etiquette, Natter refuses and exposes Hofreiter's system of vain notions of honor by confronting him with "genuine feeling". Natter: "I am hopelessly in love with my wife. That happens, dear Hofreiter. Nothing helps. That's just the way it is." His revenge is of a different nature, because he gets out of Hofreiter's narcissistic game and disavows his deceptive maneuvers and strategies of shifting blame.
Arthur Schnitzler
Writer
Peter Beauvais
Director
O.W. Fischer
Friedrich Hofreiter
Ruth Leuwerik
Genia Hofreiter
Walther Reyer
Dr. Mauer
Helmut Qualtinger
Natter
André Heller
Gustav Wahl
Sabine Sinjen
Erna Wahl
Michael Heltau
Otto von Aigner
Bibiana Zeller
Marie Rhon
Nina Sandt
Mrs. Wahl
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