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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
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.
Cast
- 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
Details
- Director
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Released
- April 12, 1972
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Studio
- Hallelujah-Film GmbH and HR
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.0 / 10 from 6 votes
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