The story
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 & crew
Hanna SchygullaEffi Briest
Wolfgang SchenckBaron Geert von Instetten
Ulli LommelMajor Crampas
Lilo PempeitFrau BriestHerbert Steinmetz
Herbert SteinmetzHerr BriestUrsula Strätz
Ursula SträtzRoswitha
Irm HermannJohanna
Karlheinz BöhmWullersdorf
Karl ScheydtKruse
Barbara LassKöchin
Rudolf LenzGeheimrat RummschüttelExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Jürgen Jürges
- Screenplay
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Editor
- Thea Eymèsz
- Producer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Director of Photography
- Dietrich Lohmann
- Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder