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.

Top Cast

Hanna Schygulla

Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck

Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel

Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit

Frau Briest

H

Herbert Steinmetz

Herr Briest

U

Ursula Strätz

Roswitha

Irm Hermann

Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm

Wullersdorf