The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
1972 · 1h 29m · Drama, Comedy
Genres: Drama, Comedy
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: Volker Schlöndorff
Writers: Peter Hamm, Volker Schlöndorff
Music by: Friedrich Meyer
Cinematography: Klaus Müller-Laue
Editor: Claus von Boro
Cast
Senta Berger as Ruth HalbfassMargarethe von Trotta as Doris VogelsangHelmut Griem as Franz VogelsangPeter Ehrlich as Erich HalbfassMarian Seidowsky as FrancescoWilhelm Grasshoff as Bankdirektor SpenglerWalter Sedlmayr as WaffenhändlerKarl-Heinz Merz as BonaparteSusanne Rettig as Aglaia HalbfassMore like this
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