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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

IMDB:

4.6
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

Released

4/12/1972

Duration

1h 29m

Genre

Drama, Comedy

Country

Germany

Cast

Senta Berger, Margarethe von Trotta, Helmut Griem

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

Senta Berger

Margarethe von Trotta

Doris Vogelsang

Margarethe von Trotta

Helmut Griem

Franz Vogelsang

Helmut Griem

Peter Ehrlich

Erich Halbfass

Peter Ehrlich

Marian Seidowsky

Francesco

Marian Seidowsky

Wilhelm Grasshoff

Bankdirektor Spengler

Wilhelm Grasshoff

Walter Sedlmayr

Waffenhändler

Walter Sedlmayr

Karl-Heinz Merz

Bonaparte

Karl-Heinz Merz

Susanne Rettig

Aglaia Halbfass

Susanne Rettig