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  • The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
  • 89 min | Crime, Drama
The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
89 min | Crime, Drama

Ruth Halbfass has been married to the industrialist Erich Halbfass for sixteen years in a loveless marriage and they have a fourteen year-old teenage daughter, Aglaia. Ruth has a love affair with Aglaia's art teacher Franz Vogelsang, who ...See moreRuth Halbfass has been married to the industrialist Erich Halbfass for sixteen years in a loveless marriage and they have a fourteen year-old teenage daughter, Aglaia. Ruth has a love affair with Aglaia's art teacher Franz Vogelsang, who is estranged to his wife Doris Vogelsang, and they are in love with each other. Ruth is afraid to ask for the divorce to Erich, who has also a lover, Helga, and she meets Franz in the afternoons. One day, Franz seeks out Ruth's hairdresser Francesco and hires him to kill Erich. Francesco introduces his friend, the killer Bonaparte, to the teacher and they buy a rifle with an arms dealer. Meanwhile Ruth decides to open a business and meets the bank director. She gets 80 thousand Marcs and rent an apartment to meet Franz in his name. Franz freaks out and Ruth gives a three thousand-Marc check to him to close the rental and ends their affair. However, Franz uses the check to call off the deal with Francesco and Bonaparte. The smalltime crooks decide to use the check to blackmail Erich. And Doris Vogelsand lures Erich and brings him to the apartment rented in the name of Franz to kill him using the rifle her husband had bought. In the end, life goes on in a hypocrite society. See less
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Producers
Hans Prescher (producer: HR) | Volker Schlöndorff (producer)
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Hanna Axmann (as Hanna Axmann-Rezzori)
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Updated Apr 14, 1972

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Apr 14, 1972 (West Germany)

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16 cast members
Name Known for
Senta Berger
Ruth Halbfass Ruth Halbfass   See fewer
Peter Ehrlich
Erich Halbfass Erich Halbfass   See fewer
Helmut Griem
Franz Vogelsang Franz Vogelsang   See fewer
Margarethe von Trotta
Doris Vogelsang Doris Vogelsang   See fewer
Marian Seidowsky
Francesco, the hairdresser Francesco, the hairdresser   See fewer
Karl-Heinz Merz
Bonaparte, the killer Bonaparte, the killer   See fewer
Susanne Rettig
Aglaia, the daughter Aglaia, the daughter   See fewer
Alexandra Bogojevic
Helga, the lover Helga, the lover   See fewer
Wilhelm Grasshoff
Spengler, the bank director Spengler, the bank director   See fewer
Walter Sedlmayr
The arms dealer The arms dealer   See fewer
Maddalena Kerrh
Lady from the art society Lady from the art society   See fewer
Hans Ohly
Actor Actor   See fewer
Peter Hamm
Actor Actor   See fewer
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