Effi Briest

IMDb 6.6 1974 • 141 min • HistoryDrama

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Country

DE

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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
Herbert Steinmetz Herr Briest

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