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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

Volker Schlöndorff

1972

  • Drama
  • Comedy
5.0

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 & crew

  • Volker SchlöndorffDirector
  • Senta BergerRuth Halbfass
  • Margarethe von TrottaDoris Vogelsang
  • Helmut GriemFranz Vogelsang
  • Peter EhrlichErich Halbfass
  • Marian SeidowskyFrancesco
  • Wilhelm GrasshoffBankdirektor Spengler
  • Walter SedlmayrWaffenhändler
  • Karl-Heinz MerzBonaparte

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