The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

1972 · 89 min · ★ 5.0 · 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.

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff · Written by Peter Hamm

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