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.


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Hanna Schygulla
Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck
Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel
Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit
Frau Briest
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Herbert Steinmetz
Herr Briest
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Ursula Strätz
Roswitha

Irm Hermann
Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm
Wullersdorf

Karl Scheydt
Kruse