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20/06/1974
History, Drama
2h 21m
- 66% (48 votes)
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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 FassbinderDirector, Screenplay
Original Title
Fontane Effi Briest
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Keywords
- adultery
- naivety
- berlin, germany
- becoming an adult
- age difference
- way of life
- life planning
- northern germany
- duel
- single father
- baltic sea
- new german cinema
Top Billed 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
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