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6.6When 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.
Released: 1974-06-20141 minDir: Rainer Werner FassbinderHistory, Drama
Stream on: Criterion Channel
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
- Ursula Strätz as Roswitha
Themes
- adultery
- naivety
- berlin, germany
- becoming an adult
- age difference
- way of life
- life planning
- northern germany
- duel
- single father
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 140
- FilmAffinity ID
- 332076
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- publication date
- 1977-06-16
- title
- Effi Briest
- review score
- 73%
- capital cost
- 750000
- box office
- 38000000
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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German student movement
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Nazism
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Prussia
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divorce
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West Germany
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patriarchy
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Camille Saint-Saëns
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Theodor Fontane
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Golden Bear
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Hanna Schygulla
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black-and-white
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historical drama
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Rudi Dutschke
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
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Categories
1970s historical drama films1974 films1974 German films1974 German-language filmsFilms about adultery in GermanyFilms based on Effi BriestFilms directed by Rainer Werner FassbinderFilms set in the 1880sFilms set in the German EmpireGerman black-and-white filmsGerman historical drama filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateWest German films