Drama ·Comedy · Germany · 1972 · 1h 29m

The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

Die Moral der Ruth Halbfass

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Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Cast
Senta Berger as Ruth Halbfass Margarethe von Trotta as Doris Vogelsang Helmut Griem as Franz Vogelsang Peter Ehrlich as Erich Halbfass Marian Seidowsky as Francesco Wilhelm Grasshoff as Bankdirektor Spengler
Crew
Klaus Müller-Laue — Director of Photography Claus von Boro — Editor Friedrich Meyer — Original Music Composer Volker Schlöndorff — Screenplay Peter Hamm — Screenplay
Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators
Volker Schlöndorff Director Klaus Müller-Laue Director of Photography Claus von Boro Editor Friedrich Meyer Original Music Composer Volker Schlöndorff Screenplay Peter Hamm Screenplay
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