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Effi Briest (1974)

Original Title: Fontane Effi Briest

28340.

+4

6.9 (3.1k)
NR

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2h 21min
Effi Briest

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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.

Cast

Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla

Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck
Wolfgang Schenck

Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel
Ulli Lommel

Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit
Lilo Pempeit

Frau Briest

Herbert Steinmetz
Herbert Steinmetz

Herr Briest

Ursula Strätz
Ursula Strätz

Roswitha

Irm Hermann
Irm Hermann

Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm
Karlheinz Böhm

Wullersdorf

Karl Scheydt
Karl Scheydt

Kruse

Barbara Lass
Barbara Lass

Köchin

Rudolf Lenz
Rudolf Lenz

Geheimrat Rummschüttel

Andrea Schober
Andrea Schober

Annie

Eva Mattes
Eva Mattes

Hulda

Theo Tecklenburg
Theo Tecklenburg

Pastor Niemeyer

An Dorthe Braker
An Dorthe Braker

Frau Pasche

Peter Gauhe
Peter Gauhe

Vetter Dagobert

Barbara Valentin
Barbara Valentin

Marietta Tripelli

Hark Bohm
Hark Bohm

Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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