The Morals of Ruth Halbfass
movie
Released April 12, 1972
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
as
Ruth Halbfass
Margarethe von Trotta
as
Doris Vogelsang
Helmut Griem
as
Franz Vogelsang
Peter Ehrlich
as
Erich Halbfass
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Marian Seidowsky
as
Francesco
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Wilhelm Grasshoff
as
Bankdirektor Spengler
Walter Sedlmayr
as
Waffenhändler
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Karl-Heinz Merz
as
Bonaparte
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Susanne Rettig
as
Aglaia Halbfass
Crew
Volker Schlöndorff
as
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
as
Screenplay
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Peter Hamm
as
Screenplay
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Claus von Boro
as
Editor
Margarethe von Trotta
as
Assistant Director
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Klaus-Oliver Keil
as
Assistant Director
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Klaus Müller-Laue
as
Director of Photography
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Friedrich Meyer
as
Original Music Composer