Effi Briest is currently streaming on The Criterion Channel

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

Effi Briest (1974)140 minDrama, HistoryRating 68/100

Effi Briest tells of a seventeen-year-old girl who is married off by her parents to a wealthy Baron more than twice her age. Lonely and dissatisfied, she seeks solace in the companionship of her husband's friend, Major Crampas.

Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit, Herbert Steinmetz, Ursula Strätz, Irm Hermann

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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