The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)

5.0/10 • 89 min • Drama Comedy

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

Walter Sedlmayr

Waffenhändler

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