''The Morals of Ruth Halbfass'' (german: Die Moral der Ruth Halbfass) is a 1972 West German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Volker Schlöndorff Volker Schlöndorff (; born 31 March 1939 Friday) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s, ...

and starring

Senta Berger Senta Verhoeven (née Berger; ''Austrian German:'' , ; born 13 May 1941) is an Austrian-German actress. She received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include three Bambi Awards, two Romys, an Ad ...

, Peter Ehrlich and

Helmut Griem Helmut Griem (6 April 1932 – 19 November 2004) was a German film, television and stage actor, and director. Biography Born in Hamburg, Griem was primarily a stage actor, appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus ...

.Moeller & Lellis p.100

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Hans Bernhard Moeller & George L Lellis. ''Volker Schlondorff's Cinema: Adaptation, Politics, and the "Movie-Appropriate"''. SIU Press, 2012.

External links

* 1972 films 1972 drama films German drama films West German films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Volker Schlöndorff 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub