The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)

Name: The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1972-04-12
Duration: 89 min
Cast: Senta Berger, Margarethe von Trotta, Helmut Griem, Peter Ehrlich, Marian Seidowsky

19721h 29mDramaComedy

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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Cast

Senta BergerRuth Halbfass
Margarethe von TrottaDoris Vogelsang
Helmut GriemFranz Vogelsang
Peter EhrlichErich Halbfass
MMarian SeidowskyFrancesco
WWilhelm GrasshoffBankdirektor Spengler
Walter SedlmayrWaffenhändler
KKarl-Heinz MerzBonaparte
SSusanne RettigAglaia Halbfass

Crew

Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Writers: Peter Hamm Volker Schlöndorff
Music: Friedrich Meyer
Cinematography: Klaus Müller-Laue
Editing: Claus von Boro

Details

Released: April 12, 1972
Language: German
Studio: Hallelujah-Film GmbH, HR
IMDb: tt0068968