Effi Briest (1974)

6.6/10 141 min History Drama

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.

Cast

Hanna Schygulla

Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck

Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel

Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit

Frau Briest

Irm Hermann

Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm

Wullersdorf

Karl Scheydt

Kruse

Barbara Lass

Köchin

Rudolf Lenz

Geheimrat Rummschüttel

Eva Mattes

Hulda

Peter Gauhe

Vetter Dagobert

Barbara Valentin

Marietta Tripelli

Hark Bohm

Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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