Effi Briest
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.
Cast
Karl Scheydt
Kruse
Eva Mattes
Hulda
Hanna Schygulla
Effi Briest
Rudolf Lenz
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Peter Gauhe
Vetter Dagobert
Wolfgang Schenck
Baron Geert von Instetten
Irm Hermann
Johanna
Barbara Valentin
Marietta Tripelli
Hark Bohm
Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
Ulli Lommel
Major Crampas
Lilo Pempeit
Frau Briest
Karlheinz Böhm
Wullersdorf
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)