Effi Briest
Fontane Effi Briest
History
Drama
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.
1974-06-20
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Cast
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hanna Schygulla as Effi Briest
Wolfgang Schenck as Baron Geert von Instetten
Ulli Lommel as Major Crampas
Lilo Pempeit as Frau Briest
Irm Hermann as Johanna
Karlheinz Böhm as Wullersdorf
Karl Scheydt as Kruse
Barbara Lass as Köchin
Rudolf Lenz as Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Eva Mattes as Hulda
Peter Gauhe as Vetter Dagobert
Barbara Valentin as Marietta Tripelli
Hark Bohm as Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)