Effi Briest

Name: Effi Briest
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1974-06-20
Duration: 141 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit, Herbert Steinmetz

6.6(48 votes)

2h 21m

June 20, 1974

HistoryDrama

Overview

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.