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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

Overview

Ruth is the wife of Erich Halbfass, a well-heeled corsetry manufacturer. Business is booming, Erich splashes around in the house swimming pool and daughter Aglaia attends school well. The bored middle-class wife begins a secret affair with Aglaia’s drawing teacher Franz Vogelsang, 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