History Drama
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.
Directed by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Eva Mattes
Hulda
Kurt Raab
Hanna Schygulla
Effi Briest
Irm Hermann
Johanna
Hark Bohm
Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
Barbara Valentin
Marietta Tripelli
Barbara Lass
Köchin
Wolfgang Schenck
Baron Geert von Instetten
Karlheinz Böhm
Wullersdorf
Rainer Langhans
Ulli Lommel
Major Crampas
Rudolf Lenz
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Lilo Pempeit
Frau Briest
Karl Scheydt
Kruse
Fritz Müller-Scherz
Herbert Steinmetz
Herr Briest
Ursula Strätz
Roswitha
Andrea Schober
Annie
Theo Tecklenburg
Pastor Niemeyer
Ernst Küsters
Herbert Paetzold

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