Effi Briest
HistoryDrama
★ 6.6/1019742h 21m
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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.
Runtime
2h 21m
Language
German
Released
Jun 20, 1974
Runtime
2h 21m
Language
German
Released
Jun 20, 1974
Cast
Hanna Schygulla
Effi Briest
Wolfgang Schenck
Baron Geert von Instetten
Ulli Lommel
Major Crampas
Lilo Pempeit
Frau Briest
Herbert Steinmetz
Herbert Steinmetz
Herr Briest
Ursula Strätz
Ursula Strätz
Roswitha
Irm Hermann
Johanna
Karlheinz Böhm
Wullersdorf
Karl Scheydt
Kruse
Barbara Lass
Köchin
Rudolf Lenz
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Andrea Schober
Andrea Schober
Annie
Eva Mattes
Hulda
Theo Tecklenburg
Theo Tecklenburg
Pastor Niemeyer
An Dorthe Braker
An Dorthe Braker
Frau Pasche
Peter Gauhe
Vetter Dagobert
Barbara Valentin
Marietta Tripelli
Hark Bohm
Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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