Effi Briest
20/06/1974
2h 21m



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
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


Karl Scheydt
Kruse


Barbara Lass
Köchin


Rudolf Lenz
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Andrea Schober
Annie


Eva Mattes
Hulda
Theo Tecklenburg
Pastor Niemeyer
An Dorthe Braker
Frau Pasche


Peter Gauhe
Vetter Dagobert


Barbara Valentin
Marietta Tripelli


Hark Bohm
Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)


Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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