Effi Briest (1974)
June 20, 1974
History, Drama
2h 21m


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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Effi Briest Hanna Schygulla
- Baron Geert von Instetten Wolfgang Schenck
- Major Crampas Ulli Lommel
- Frau Briest Lilo Pempeit
- Johanna Irm Hermann
- Wullersdorf Karlheinz Böhm
- Kruse Karl Scheydt
- Köchin Barbara Lass
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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