Effi Briest

Name: Effi Briest
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1974
Duration: 141 min
Rating: 6.625

1974 · 141 min

History · Drama

★ 6.6

Criterion

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.

Crew

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director of Photography Jürgen Jürges
Director of Photography Dietrich Lohmann

Cast

Hanna Schygulla
Effi Briest
Wolfgang Schenck
Baron Geert von Instetten
Ulli Lommel
Major Crampas
Lilo Pempeit
Frau Briest
H
Herbert Steinmetz
Herr Briest
U
Ursula Strätz
Roswitha
Irm Hermann
Johanna
Karlheinz Böhm
Wullersdorf
Karl Scheydt
Kruse
Barbara Lass
Köchin
Rudolf Lenz
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
A
Andrea Schober
Annie

Crew

Director — Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay — Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director of Photography — Jürgen Jürges
Director of Photography — Dietrich Lohmann

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