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.
Hanna Schygulla
Effi Briest
Wolfgang Schenck
Baron Geert von Instetten
Ulli Lommel
Major Crampas
Lilo Pempeit
Frau Briest
Herbert Steinmetz
Herr Briest
Ursula Strätz
Roswitha
Irm Hermann
Johanna
Karlheinz Böhm
Wullersdorf
Karl Scheydt
Kruse
Barbara Lass
Köchin
Rudolf Lenz
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Andrea Schober
Annie
Eva Mattes
Hulda
Theo Tecklenburg
Pastor Niemeyer
An Dorthe Braker
Frau Pasche
Peter Gauhe
Vetter Dagobert
Barbara Valentin
Marietta Tripelli
Hark Bohm
Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Director, Producer
Feb 10, 2004
Dec 21, 1988
Oct 2, 2006
May 31, 2017
Nov 4, 2021
Sep 22, 2005
Mar 29, 1985
Sep 15, 1999
Jan 8, 2009
May 2, 1979
Dec 3, 2004
Feb 4, 1930
Feb 15, 2016
Oct 19, 1953
May 1, 1948
Oct 7, 2022
Tango Film
DE
Germany
Deutsch
