TMDb Rating
4.6/10
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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
DramaComedy
89 min
Plot Summary
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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DramaComedyVolker SchlöndorffSenta BergerMargarethe von Trotta1972
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Top Cast
Senta BergerMargarethe von TrottaHelmut GriemPeter EhrlichMarian Seidowsky
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