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Feature film — 1974

Effi Briest (1974)

6.62h 21mHistory — Drama

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

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Cast & crew

Hanna Schygulla as Effi Briest

Hanna Schygulla

Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck as Baron Geert von Instetten

Wolfgang Schenck

Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel as Major Crampas

Ulli Lommel

Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit as Frau Briest

Lilo Pempeit

Frau Briest

H

Herbert Steinmetz

Herr Briest

U

Ursula Strätz

Roswitha

Irm Hermann as Johanna

Irm Hermann

Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm as Wullersdorf

Karlheinz Böhm

Wullersdorf

Karl Scheydt as Kruse

Karl Scheydt

Kruse

Barbara Lass as Köchin

Barbara Lass

Köchin

Rudolf Lenz as Geheimrat Rummschüttel

Rudolf Lenz

Geheimrat Rummschüttel

A

Andrea Schober

Annie

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