The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
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.
Director:
Volker Schlöndorff
Writers:
Peter Hamm, Volker Schlöndorff.
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Senta Berger as Ruth Halbfass |
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Margarethe von Trotta as Doris Vogelsang |
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Helmut Griem as Franz Vogelsang |
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Peter Ehrlich as Erich Halbfass |
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Marian Seidowsky as Francesco |
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Wilhelm Grasshoff as Bankdirektor Spengler |
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Walter Sedlmayr as Waffenhändler |
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Karl-Heinz Merz as Bonaparte |
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Susanne Rettig as Aglaia Halbfass |
| Directing | Volker Schlöndorff | Director |
| Writing | Peter Hamm | Screenplay |
| Writing | Volker Schlöndorff | Screenplay |
| Directing | Margarethe von Trotta | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Klaus-Oliver Keil | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Claus von Boro | Editor |
| Camera | Klaus Müller-Laue | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Friedrich Meyer | Original Music Composer |
