Movielogr
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
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.
Length 89 minutes
Actors
Senta Berger | Margarethe von Trotta | Helmut Griem | Peter Ehrlich | Marian Seidowsky | Wilhelm Grasshoff | Walter Sedlmayr | Karl-Heinz Merz | Susanne Rettig