The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
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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.
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Senta Berger
Ruth Halbfass
Known for
Welcome to Hartmanns
The Treasure of San Gennaro
Margarethe von Trotta
Doris Vogelsang
Known for
Beware of a Holy Whore
Helmut Griem
Franz Vogelsang
Known for
Cabaret
The Damned
Peter Ehrlich
Erich Halbfass
Also in
Emil and the Detectives
Ein Mann namens Harry Brent
Marian Seidowsky
Francesco
Known for
Young Törless
Wilhelm Grasshoff
Bankdirektor Spengler
Also in
A Free Woman
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Walter Sedlmayr
Waffenhändler
Known for
World on a Wire
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Karl-Heinz Merz
Bonaparte
Also in
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
War and Peace
Susanne Rettig
Aglaia Halbfass
No other roles listed
Volker Schlöndorff Director · Peter Hamm Screenplay Friedrich Meyer Composer
First release April 12, 1972 · Produced in Germany · Production HR
Production
Hallelujah-Film GmbH
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HR
Production
Germany
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Original title
Die Moral der Ruth Halbfass
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · April 12, 1972
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