Film
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
1972 · 1h 29m · Drama · Comedy
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- 6.7
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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.
Cast
Senta Berger
Ruth Halbfass
Margarethe von Trotta
Doris Vogelsang
Helmut Griem
Franz Vogelsang
Peter Ehrlich
Erich Halbfass
Marian Seidowsky
Francesco
Wilhelm Grasshoff
Bankdirektor Spengler
Walter Sedlmayr
Waffenhändler
Karl-Heinz Merz
Bonaparte
Susanne Rettig
Aglaia Halbfass
Crew
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector · Screenplay
- Peter HammScreenplay
- Klaus Müller-LaueDirector of Photography
- Friedrich MeyerOriginal Music Composer
- Claus von BoroEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- April 12, 1972
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
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