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Effi Briest

1974★ 6.6 · 492h 21mHistoryDrama

Overview

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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Hanna Schygulla
as Effi Briest

Ulli Lommel
as Major Crampas

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Karlheinz Böhm
as Wullersdorf

Eva Mattes
as Hulda

Barbara Lass
as Köchin

Irm Hermann
as Johanna

Barbara Valentin
as Marietta Tripelli

Hark Bohm
as Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)

Lilo Pempeit
as Frau Briest

Andrea Schober
as Annie

Wolfgang Schenck
as Baron Geert von Instetten

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Release date: 1974-06-20

Runtime: 2h 21m

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