The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

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.

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

Top cast

Senta Berger

Ruth Halbfass

Margarethe von Trotta

Doris Vogelsang

Helmut Griem

Franz Vogelsang

Peter Ehrlich

Erich Halbfass

M

Marian Seidowsky

Francesco

W

Wilhelm Grasshoff

Bankdirektor Spengler

Walter Sedlmayr

Waffenhändler

K

Karl-Heinz Merz

Bonaparte

S

Susanne Rettig

Aglaia Halbfass

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