Movie·1974·2h 21m
Effi Briest
Country
Germany
Language
German
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The Story
Original title: Fontane Effi Briest
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.
Producer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cinematography
Jürgen Jürges
Editor
Thea Eymèsz
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
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
Rudolf Lenz
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Andrea Schober
Annie
Eva Mattes
Hulda
Theo Tecklenburg
Pastor Niemeyer
An Dorthe Braker
Frau Pasche
Peter Gauhe
Vetter Dagobert
Barbara Valentin
Marietta Tripelli
Hark Bohm
Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Jürgen Jürges
Director of Photography
Dietrich Lohmann
Director of Photography
Thea Eymèsz
Editor
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