
Feature film — 1974
Effi Briest (1974)
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.
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Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
On screen
Cast & crew

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
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