Released:
1974-06-20

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.

Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime:
2h 21min

Genre:
History, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Hanna Schygulla
  as
  Effi Briest
• 
  Wolfgang Schenck
  as
  Baron Geert von Instetten
• 
  Ulli Lommel
  as
  Major Crampas
• 
  Lilo Pempeit
  as
  Frau Briest
• 
  Herbert Steinmetz
  as
  Herr Briest