Effi Briest

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.

History Drama

Hanna Schygulla

(Effi Briest)

Wolfgang Schenck

(Baron Geert von Instetten)

Ulli Lommel

(Major Crampas)

Lilo Pempeit

(Frau Briest)

Herbert Steinmetz

(Herr Briest)

Ursula Strätz

(Roswitha)

Irm Hermann

(Johanna)

Karlheinz Böhm

(Wullersdorf)

Karl Scheydt

(Kruse)

Barbara Lass

(Köchin)

Rudolf Lenz

(Geheimrat Rummschüttel)

Andrea Schober

(Annie)

Eva Mattes

(Hulda)

Theo Tecklenburg

(Pastor Niemeyer)

An Dorthe Braker

(Frau Pasche)

Peter Gauhe

(Vetter Dagobert)

Barbara Valentin

(Marietta Tripelli)

Hark Bohm

(Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited))

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))