Effi Briest

Release Date:

Jun 17, 1974

Running Time:

2:20

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast:

Hanna Schygulla	Effi Briest
Wolfgang Schenck	Baron Geert von Instetten
Ulli Lommel	Major Crampas
Karlheinz Böhm	Geheimrat Wullersdorf
Ursula Stratz	Roswitha, Kindermädchen
Irm Hermann	Johanna

Producers:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Language:

English

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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. Because of her husband's constant traveling, Effi finds companionship with Major Crampas, a charismatic womanizer. Several years later, details about the relationship between Effi and Crampas come to light, with disastrous consequences for her marriage.

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