The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1972-04-12
Runtime: 89 minutes
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
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- 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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