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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.
Theatrical
Jun 15, 1977
Director
Writer
Producer
Studio
Tango Film
Original Title
Fontane Effi Briest
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →H
Hanna Schygulla
Effi Briest
W
Wolfgang Schenck
Baron Geert von Instetten
U
Ulli Lommel
Major Crampas
L
Lilo Pempeit
Frau Briest
H
Herbert Steinmetz
Herr Briest
U
Ursula Strätz
Roswitha
I
Irm Hermann
Johanna
K
Karlheinz Böhm
Wullersdorf
K
Karl Scheydt
Kruse
B
Barbara Lass
Köchin
R
Rudolf Lenz
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
A
Andrea Schober
Annie
E
Eva Mattes
Hulda
T
Theo Tecklenburg
Pastor Niemeyer
A
An Dorthe Braker
Frau Pasche
P
Peter Gauhe
Vetter Dagobert
B
Barbara Valentin
Marietta Tripelli
H
Hark Bohm
Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
R
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
