Effi Briest
1974 · Movie · 141 min · ★ 6.6 · 68% critics
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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Details
- Original title
- Fontane Effi Briest
- Years
- 1974
- Release date
- 1974-06-20
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (49 votes)
Themes
- adultery
- naivety
- berlin, germany
- becoming an adult
- age difference
- way of life
- life planning
- northern germany
- duel
- single father
- baltic sea
- new german cinema
Cast & crew
Hanna Schygulla
as Effi Briest
Wolfgang Schenck
as Baron Geert von Instetten
Ulli Lommel
as Major Crampas
Lilo Pempeit
as Frau Briest
- HS
Herbert Steinmetz
as Herr Briest
- US
Ursula Strätz
as Roswitha
Irm Hermann
as Johanna
Karlheinz Böhm
as Wullersdorf
Karl Scheydt
as Kruse
Barbara Lass
as Köchin
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder