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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

4.6/10

April 12, 1972

89 minutes

Volker Schlöndorff

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.

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Movie Details

Release Date

April 12, 1972

Runtime

89 minutes

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Rating

4.6/10

Production Companies

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

Wilhelm Grasshoff

Bankdirektor Spengler

Walter Sedlmayr

Waffenhändler

Karl-Heinz Merz

Bonaparte

Susanne Rettig

Aglaia Halbfass