The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)

  • NR
  • 04/12/1972 (DE)
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 1h 29m

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.

Volker Schlöndorff

Director, Screenplay

Peter Hamm

Screenplay

Cast

Senta Berger's headshot

Senta Berger

Ruth Halbfass
Margarethe von Trotta's headshot

Margarethe von Trotta

Doris Vogelsang
Helmut Griem's headshot

Helmut Griem

Franz Vogelsang
Peter Ehrlich's headshot

Peter Ehrlich

Erich Halbfass
Marian Seidowsky's headshot

Marian Seidowsky

Francesco
Wilhelm Grasshoff's headshot

Wilhelm Grasshoff

Bankdirektor Spengler
Walter Sedlmayr's headshot

Walter Sedlmayr

Waffenhändler
Karl-Heinz Merz's headshot

Karl-Heinz Merz

Bonaparte

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