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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

5.019721h 29mMovieDramaComedy

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.

DirectorVolker Schlöndorff
WritersVolker Schlöndorff·Peter Hamm

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Not available in Canada
Streaming in 3 other countries

The Morals of Ruth Halbfass isn't on any streaming service in Canada right now, but it's available in Austria, Germany, Switzerland. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Volker Schlöndorff

SBSenta Berger
Senta Berger
Ruth Halbfass
MTMargarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta
Doris Vogelsang
HGHelmut Griem
Helmut Griem
Franz Vogelsang
PEPeter Ehrlich
Peter Ehrlich
Erich Halbfass
MS
Marian Seidowsky
Francesco
WG
Wilhelm Grasshoff
Bankdirektor Spengler
WSWalter Sedlmayr
Walter Sedlmayr
Waffenhändler
KM
Karl-Heinz Merz
Bonaparte
SR
Susanne Rettig
Aglaia Halbfass

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