The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

1972· 89 min★ 6.7· Drama, Comedy

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, Margarethe von Trotta, Helmut Griem

Director: Volker Schlöndorff