Effi Briest

Jun 20, 1974

2h 21m

★ 6.6

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.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Tango Film

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Cast

Effi Briest

Hanna Schygulla

Baron Geert von Instetten

Wolfgang Schenck

Major Crampas

Ulli Lommel

Frau Briest

Lilo Pempeit

Herr Briest

Herbert Steinmetz

Roswitha

Ursula Strätz

Johanna

Irm Hermann

Wullersdorf

Karlheinz Böhm

Kruse

Karl Scheydt

Köchin

Barbara Lass

Geheimrat Rummschüttel

Rudolf Lenz

Annie

Andrea Schober

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