Effi Briest

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.

Discover

Hanna Schygulla

Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck

Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel

Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit

Frau Briest

Herbert Steinmetz

Herr Briest

Ursula Strätz

Roswitha

Irm Hermann

Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm

Wullersdorf

Barbara Lass

Köchin

Rudolf Lenz

Geheimrat Rummschüttel

Theo Tecklenburg

Pastor Niemeyer

An Dorthe Braker

Frau Pasche

Peter Gauhe

Vetter Dagobert

Barbara Valentin

Marietta Tripelli

Hark Bohm

Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Art

Kurt Raab

Art Direction

Camera

Jürgen Jürges

Director of Photography

Dietrich Lohmann

Director of Photography

Peter Gauhe

Still Photographer

Herbert Paetzold

Assistant Camera

Thomas Schwan

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Barbara Braun

Costume Design

Sybille Danzer

Makeup Artist

Katharina von Martius

Wardrobe Supervisor

Directing

Rainer Langhans

Assistant Director

Fritz Müller-Scherz

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Ekkehard Heinrich

Lighting Technician

Ernst Küsters

Lighting Technician

Production

Christian Hohoff

Unit Manager

Art

Kurt Raab

Art Direction

Camera

Jürgen Jürges

Director of Photography

Dietrich Lohmann

Director of Photography

Peter Gauhe

Still Photographer

Herbert Paetzold

Assistant Camera

Thomas Schwan

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Barbara Braun

Costume Design

Sybille Danzer

Makeup Artist

Katharina von Martius

Wardrobe Supervisor

Directing

Rainer Langhans

Assistant Director

Fritz Müller-Scherz

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Ekkehard Heinrich

Lighting Technician

Ernst Küsters

Lighting Technician

Production

Christian Hohoff

Unit Manager