The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
1972 · 1h 29m
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Volker Schlöndorff
Overview
Ruth is the wife of well-heeled corsetry manufacturer Erich Halbfass. As business booms, Erich lives frivolously and their daughter Aglaia attends school. The bored middle-class wife begins a secret affair with Aglaia's drawing teacher, setting murder and manslaughter in motion.
Director and cast
- Volker Schlöndorff Director
- Senta Berger as Ruth Halbfass
- Margarethe von Trotta as Doris Vogelsang
- Helmut Griem as Franz Vogelsang
- Peter Ehrlich as Erich Halbfass
- Marian Seidowsky as Francesco
- Wilhelm Grasshoff as Bankdirektor Spengler
- Walter Sedlmayr as Waffenhändler
- Karl-Heinz Merz as Bonaparte
- Susanne Rettig as Aglaia Halbfass
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