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Fontane Effi Briest

FEATURE FILM · 1974

Fontane Effi Briest

6.6 TMDB · 52 votes · 141 min

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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The people behind the story

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck

Wolfgang Schenck

Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel

Ulli Lommel

Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit

Lilo Pempeit

Frau Briest

H

Herbert Steinmetz

Herr Briest

U

Ursula Strätz

Roswitha

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz Böhm

Wullersdorf

Karl Scheydt

Karl Scheydt

Kruse

Barbara Lass

Barbara Lass

Köchin

Rudolf Lenz

Rudolf Lenz

Geheimrat Rummschüttel

A

Andrea Schober

Annie

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Released · 1974-06-20

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