Fontane Effi Briest
director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
playwright:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
actor:
Hanna Schygulla
/
Wolfgang Schenck
/
Ulli Lommel
/
Lilo Pempeit
/
Herbert Steinmetz
…
genre:
History
/
Drama
region:
Germany
language:
German
length: 2h 21m
release date: 1974-06-20
IMDb: tt0071458
Fontane Effi Briest
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.