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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Based on
Based on Effi Briest
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Setting
Set in Prussia
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Music
Music by Camille Saint-Saëns
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jürgen Jürges and Dietrich Lohmann
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Details

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers: Rainer Werner FassbinderScreenplay
Theodor FontaneNovel
Original title: Fontane Effi Briest
Status: Released
Release date: June 20, 1974
Original language: German
Countries: Germany

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Production

Tango Film

Cast

Hanna SchygullaEffi Briest
Wolfgang SchenckBaron Geert von Instetten
Ulli LommelMajor Crampas
Lilo PempeitFrau Briest
Herbert SteinmetzHerr Briest
Ursula SträtzRoswitha
Irm HermannJohanna
Karlheinz BöhmWullersdorf
Karl ScheydtKruse
Barbara LassKöchin
Rudolf LenzGeheimrat Rummschüttel
Andrea SchoberAnnie
Eva MattesHulda
Theo TecklenburgPastor Niemeyer
An Dorthe BrakerFrau Pasche
Peter GauheVetter Dagobert
Barbara ValentinMarietta Tripelli
Hark BohmPharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
Rainer Werner FassbinderNarrator (voice) (uncredited)