Effi Briest (1974)
Fontane Effi Briest
135 min
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.
- Release date
- June 21, 1974
- Country of origin
- Germany
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Cast
- Hanna Schygulla as Effi Briest
- Wolfgang Schenck as Instetten
- Ulli Lommel as Major Crampas
- Lilo Pempeit as Frau Briest
- Herbert Steinmetz as Herr Briest
- Ursula Strätz as Roswitha
- Irm Hermann as Johanna
- Karlheinz Böhm as Wüllersdorf
- Karl Scheydt as Kruse
- Barbara Kwiatkowska as Polnische Köchin
- Rudolf Lenz as Geheimrat Rummschüttel
- Andrea Schober as Annie
- Eva Mattes as Hulda
- Theo Tecklenburg as Pastor Niemeyer
- An Dorthe Braker as Frau Pasche
- Peter Gauhe as Vetter Dagobert
- Barbara Valentin as Marietta Tripelli
- Hark Bohm as Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Writer
- Theodor Fontane · Writer
- Jürgen Jürges · Cinematographer
- Dietrich Lohmann · Cinematographer
- Thea Eymèsz · Editor