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Effi Briest

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Effi Briest

6.6

2h 21m

1974

Synopsis

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.

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

HistoryDrama

adulterynaivetyberlin, germanybecoming an adultage differenceway of lifelife planningnorthern germanyduelsingle fatherbaltic seanew german cinema

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Cast & Crew

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

as Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck

Wolfgang Schenck

as Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel

Ulli Lommel

as Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit

Lilo Pempeit

as Frau Briest

Herbert Steinmetz

as Herr Briest

Ursula Strätz

as Roswitha

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

as Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz Böhm

as Wullersdorf

Karl Scheydt

Karl Scheydt

as Kruse

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