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Effi Briest

6.6 / 10 6.6 1974 2h 21m

HistoryDrama

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.

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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CAST

The people behind the story

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna SchygullaEffi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck

Wolfgang SchenckBaron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel

Ulli LommelMajor Crampas

Lilo Pempeit

Lilo PempeitFrau Briest

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Herbert SteinmetzHerr Briest

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Ursula SträtzRoswitha

Irm Hermann

Irm HermannJohanna

Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz BöhmWullersdorf