Effi Briest

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📊 Film Specifications

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Screenplay), Theodor Fontane (Novel)
Original Title Fontane Effi Briest
Release Date June 20, 1974
Runtime 141 min (2h 21m)
Country Germany
Language DE
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Tango Film

Effi Briest (1974)

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• Written by Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Theodor Fontane
⭐ 3.3 / 5 (52 votes) ⏱️ 141 min 🎬 History, Drama

Ratings Breakdown:

52 ratings
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Synopsis

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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Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director
 Screenplay Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay
 Novel Theodor Fontane
Theodor Fontane
Novel
 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
 Herbert Steinmetz
Herbert Steinmetz
Herr Briest
 Ursula Strätz
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
 Andrea Schober
Andrea Schober
Annie