Effi Briest

Name: Effi Briest
Released: 1974
Duration: 140 min
Rating: 78.3206106870229
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit, Herbert Steinmetz

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Drama

West Germany, 1974, 140 min

Directed by:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Based on:

Theodor Fontane (book)

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Effi Briest tells of a seventeen-year-old girl (played by Hanna Schygulla) who is married off by her parents to a wealthy Baron (Wolfgang Schenck) more than twice her age. Lonely and dissatisfied, she seeks solace in the companionship of her husband’s friend, Major Crampas (Ulli Lommel). (Arrow Academy)