Effi Briest

6/20/19742h 21min6.6/10(49 TMDB votes)

HistoryDrama

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Plot

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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Cast

Hanna Schygulla

Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck

Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel

Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit

Frau Briest

Herbert Steinmetz

Herr Briest

Ursula Strätz

Roswitha

Irm Hermann

Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm

Wullersdorf

Karl Scheydt

Kruse

Barbara Lass

Köchin

Rudolf Lenz

Geheimrat Rummschüttel

Andrea Schober

Annie

Eva Mattes

Hulda

Theo Tecklenburg

Pastor Niemeyer

An Dorthe Braker

Frau Pasche