Ruth is the wife of Erich Halbfass, a well-heeled corsetry manufacturer. Business is booming, Erich splashes around in the house swimming pool and daughter Aglaia attends school well. The bored middle-class wife begins a secret affair with Aglaia's drawing teacher Franz Vogelsang, setting murder and manslaughter in motion.

• DirectorVolker Schlöndorff
• Release12 April 1972
• Genre
  Drama / Comedy
• Duration1h 29m
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  4.6
  5 reviews
• Productions

  Hallelujah-Film GmbH, HR