Effi Briest

Effi Briest

141 mins | Drama, History | June 20, 1974

A German-made film based on one of the most famous German novels by Theodor Fontane. Effi Briest is a socially ambitious, 17-year-old German girl who accepts a proposal of marriage from Baron Geert Von Instetten, a much older diplomat. Unfortunately, neither the Baron's family nor anyone in the secluded town she now calls home accept Effi as an equal. Starved for companionship, Effi begins an innocent friendship with a well-known womanizer that may jeopardize her position as the Baron's wife.

Effi Briest

141 mins | Drama, History | June 20, 1974

Effi Briest
A German-made film based on one of the most famous German novels by Theodor Fontane. Effi Briest is a socially ambitious, 17-year-old German girl who accepts a proposal of marriage from Baron Geert Von Instetten, a much older diplomat. Unfortunately, neither the Baron's family nor anyone in the secluded town she now calls home accept Effi as an equal. Starved for companionship, Effi begins an innocent friendship with a well-known womanizer that may jeopardize her position as the Baron's wife.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Tango Film
Original title Fontane Effi Briest
Directors Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers Theodor Fontane, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Hanna Schygulla

as Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck

as Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel

as Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit

as Luise von Briest

Herbert Steinmetz

as Herr von Briest

Ursula Strätz

as Roswitha

Irm Hermann

as Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm

as Wullersdorf

Hark Bohm

as Gieshübler, the pharmacist

Karl Scheydt

as Kruse

Barbara Lass

as Köchin

Rudolf Lenz

as Geheimrat Rummschüttel

Andrea Schober

as Annie

Theo Tecklenburg

as Pastor Niemeyer

Eva Mattes

as Hulda

An Dorthe Braker

as Frau Pasche

Peter Gauhe

as Vetter Dagobert

Barbara Valentin

as Marietta Tripelli, Sängerin

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

as Narrator (uncredited)