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Effi Briest

When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted. Starved for companionship, Effi begins a friendship with Major Crampas, a charismatic womanizer.

2h 21m1974TMDb 6.6

HistoryDrama

German

Crew and Cast

Rainer Werner FassbinderRainer Werner FassbinderDirector · Narrator (voice)Hanna SchygullaHanna SchygullaEffi BriestWolfgang SchenckWolfgang SchenckBaron Geert von InstettenUlli LommelUlli LommelMajor CrampasLilo PempeitLilo PempeitFrau Briest
Herbert SteinmetzHerr Briest
Ursula SträtzRoswithaIrm HermannIrm HermannJohannaKarlheinz BöhmKarlheinz BöhmWullersdorfKarl ScheydtKarl ScheydtKruseBarbara LassBarbara LassKöchinRudolf LenzRudolf LenzGeheimrat Rummschüttel
Andrea SchoberAnnieEva MattesEva MattesHulda
Theo TecklenburgPastor Niemeyer
An Dorthe BrakerFrau PaschePeter GauhePeter GauheVetter DagobertBarbara ValentinBarbara ValentinMarietta TripelliHark BohmHark BohmPharmacist Gieshübler

Storyline

When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted. Starved for companionship, Effi begins a friendship with Major Crampas, a charismatic womanizer.

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Info

Original title
Fontane Effi Briest
Status
Released
Released
20 June 1974
Runtime
2h 21m
TMDB score
6.6 / 10 (52 votes)

Production

Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Theodor Fontane
Studios
Tango Film
Countries
Germany

Languages

Original
German
Spoken
German