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Effi Briest

Effi Briest

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

1974

  • History
  • Drama
6.6

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

  • Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector
  • Hanna SchygullaEffi Briest
  • Wolfgang SchenckBaron Geert von Instetten
  • Ulli LommelMajor Crampas
  • Lilo PempeitFrau Briest
  • Herbert SteinmetzHerr Briest
  • Ursula SträtzRoswitha
  • Irm HermannJohanna
  • Karlheinz BöhmWullersdorf

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