The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

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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.

Country:

Germany

Genre:

Drama,

Comedy

Duration:

89 minutes

Year:

1972

Director:

Volker Schlöndorff

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Company:

Hallelujah-Film GmbH,

HR

Cast:
Senta Berger

Ruth Halbfass

Margarethe von Trotta

Doris Vogelsang

Helmut Griem

Franz Vogelsang

Peter Ehrlich

Erich Halbfass

Marian Seidowsky

Francesco

Crew:
Volker Schlöndorff

Director

Margarethe von Trotta

Assistant Director

Peter Hamm

Screenplay

Volker Schlöndorff

Screenplay

Klaus-Oliver Keil

Assistant Director