Film
Effi Briest
1974Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Where to watch
Stream
- Criterion Channel
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
About Effi Briest
- History
- Drama
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Writers
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Theodor Fontane
- Original title
- Fontane Effi Briest
