The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
April 12, 1972    89mDrama, Crime,
6.74.6
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.

Where to Watch The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

  • Senta BergerRuth Halbfass
  • Margarethe von TrottaDoris Vogelsang / Assistant Director
  • Helmut GriemFranz Vogelsang
  • Peter EhrlichErich Halbfass
  • Marian SeidowskyFrancesco
  • Wilhelm GrasshoffBankdirektor Spengler
  • Walter SedlmayrWaffenhändler
  • Karl-Heinz MerzBonaparte
  • Susanne RettigAglaia Halbfass
  • Volker SchlöndorffDirector / Screenplay
  • Peter HammScreenplay
  • Klaus Müller-LaueDirector Of Photography
  • Klaus-Oliver KeilAssistant Director
  • Claus von BoroEditor
  • Friedrich MeyerOriginal Music Composer

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