Effi Briest (1977)

  • NR
  • 06/15/1977 (US)
  • History, Drama
  • 2h 21m

Overview

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.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director, Screenplay

Theodor Fontane

Novel

Cast

Hanna Schygulla's headshot

Hanna Schygulla

Effi Briest
Wolfgang Schenck's headshot

Wolfgang Schenck

Baron Geert von Instetten
Ulli Lommel's headshot

Ulli Lommel

Major Crampas
Lilo Pempeit's headshot

Lilo Pempeit

Frau Briest
Herbert Steinmetz's headshot

Herbert Steinmetz

Herr Briest
Ursula Strätz's headshot

Ursula Strätz

Roswitha
Irm Hermann's headshot

Irm Hermann

Johanna
Karlheinz Böhm's headshot

Karlheinz Böhm

Wullersdorf

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