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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass poster

The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)

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.

Release: 1972-04-12
Runtime: 89 min
Rating: 4.6 / 10
Cast
Senta Berger
Senta Berger
Ruth Halbfass
Margarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta
Doris Vogelsang
Helmut Griem
Helmut Griem
Franz Vogelsang
Peter Ehrlich
Peter Ehrlich
Erich Halbfass
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Marian Seidowsky
Francesco
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Wilhelm Grasshoff
Bankdirektor Spengler
Walter Sedlmayr
Walter Sedlmayr
Waffenhändler
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Karl-Heinz Merz
Bonaparte
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Susanne Rettig
Aglaia Halbfass