Effi Briest

Original title: Fontane Effi Briest

141 minutes • 1974 • 6.7 Score

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.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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