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

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