Effi Briest

– A German-made film based on one of the most famous German novels by Theodor Fontane. Effi Briest (Ha..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 15 Minutes
Release Year:
1974
Original Name:
Fontane Effi Briest
Effi Briest (1974) - Also known as Fontane Effi Briest

A German-made film based on one of the most famous German novels by Theodor Fontane. Effi Briest (Hanna Schygulla) is a socially ambitious, 17-year-old German girl who accepts a proposal of marriage from Baron Geert Von Instetten, a much older diplomat. Unfortunately, neither the Baron's family nor anyone in the secluded town she now calls home accept Effi as an equal. Starved for companionship, Effi begins an innocent friendship with a well-known womanizer that may jeopardize her position as the Baron's wife.

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Release Date:

16 Jun 1977

Language:

German

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Theodor Fontane (novel)

Main Actors:

Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit

Plot:

In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town. She soon bears a daughter, Annie, and hires the lapsed Catholic Roswitha to look after her. Effi is lonely when her husband is away on business, so she spends time riding and walking along the shore with Major Crampas. Instetten is promoted to Ministerial Councillor and the family moves to Berlin, where Effi enjoys the social life. Six years later, the Baron is given letters from Crampas to Effi that convince him that they had an affair. He feels obliged to challenge Crampas to a duel and banish Effi from the house.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Production:

Wellspring Media Inc.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%