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Effi Briest
User Score48 votes
66%6.6/10
Release1974→
Runtime2H 21M
LanguageGerman
StatusReleased
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.
Principal Cast8
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
Media13
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Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Keywords
adulterynaivetyberlin, germanybecoming an adultage differenceway of lifelife planningnorthern germanyduelsingle fatherbaltic seanew german cinema
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Countries:Germany
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