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Effi Briest

6.619742h 21mMovieHistoryDrama

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.

DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
WriterRainer Werner Fassbinder
ProducerRainer Werner Fassbinder

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Cast · Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

HSHanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
Effi Briest
WSWolfgang Schenck
Wolfgang Schenck
Baron Geert von Instetten
ULUlli Lommel
Ulli Lommel
Major Crampas
LPLilo Pempeit
Lilo Pempeit
Frau Briest
HS
Herbert Steinmetz
Herr Briest
US
Ursula Strätz
Roswitha
IHIrm Hermann
Irm Hermann
Johanna
KBKarlheinz Böhm
Karlheinz Böhm
Wullersdorf
KSKarl Scheydt
Karl Scheydt
Kruse
BLBarbara Lass
Barbara Lass
Köchin
RLRudolf Lenz
Rudolf Lenz
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
AS
Andrea Schober
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