Effi Briest (1974)

Name: Effi Briest
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1974-06-20
Duration: 141 min
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit, Herbert Steinmetz

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.

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Released 1974-06-20 · 141 min · History, Drama

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Hanna Schygulla as Effi Briest
Wolfgang Schenck as Baron Geert von Instetten
Ulli Lommel as Major Crampas
Lilo Pempeit as Frau Briest
Herbert Steinmetz as Herr Briest
Ursula Strätz as Roswitha
Irm Hermann as Johanna
Karlheinz Böhm as Wullersdorf
Karl Scheydt as Kruse
Barbara Lass as Köchin
Rudolf Lenz as Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Andrea Schober as Annie
Eva Mattes as Hulda
Theo Tecklenburg as Pastor Niemeyer
An Dorthe Braker as Frau Pasche