Effi Briest

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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.

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Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Hanna Schygulla

Wolfgang Schenck

Ulli Lommel

Lilo Pempeit

Herbert Steinmetz

Ursula Strätz

Irm Hermann

Karlheinz Böhm

Karl Scheydt

Barbara Lass

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