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Effi Briest (1974)

20/06/1974
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 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

Hanna Schygulla

Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck

Wolfgang Schenck

Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel

Ulli Lommel

Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit

Lilo Pempeit

Frau Briest

Herbert Steinmetz

Herr Briest

Ursula Strätz

Roswitha

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz Böhm

Wullersdorf

Karl Scheydt

Karl Scheydt

Kruse

Barbara Lass

Barbara Lass

Köchin

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