1974
6.7 (46 votes)
2h 21m
Genres
History
Drama
Production Companies
Tango Film
Effi Briest (Fontane Effi Briest)
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.
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Jürgen Jürges, Dietrich Lohmann
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Producer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Top Cast
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
