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Effi Briest

1974 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder · 141 min

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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.

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6.6/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database52 votes

Hanna SchygullaEffi Briest

Wolfgang SchenckBaron Geert von Instetten

Ulli LommelMajor Crampas

Lilo PempeitFrau Briest HHerbert SteinmetzHerr Briest UUrsula SträtzRoswitha

Irm HermannJohanna

Karlheinz BöhmWullersdorf

Karl ScheydtKruse

Barbara LassKöchin

Rudolf LenzGeheimrat Rummschüttel AAndrea SchoberAnnie

Eva MattesHulda TTheo TecklenburgPastor Niemeyer AAn Dorthe BrakerFrau Pasche

Cast

Hanna SchygullaEffi Briest

Wolfgang SchenckBaron Geert von Instetten

Ulli LommelMajor Crampas

Lilo PempeitFrau Briest HHerbert SteinmetzHerr Briest UUrsula SträtzRoswitha

Irm HermannJohanna

Karlheinz BöhmWullersdorf

Karl ScheydtKruse

Barbara LassKöchin

Rudolf LenzGeheimrat Rummschüttel AAndrea SchoberAnnie

Eva MattesHulda TTheo TecklenburgPastor Niemeyer AAn Dorthe BrakerFrau Pasche

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