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.

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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