Effi Briest (1974)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 20min
- Drama, History
- 16 Jun 1977 (USA)
- Movie
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...
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Cast verified as complete
| Hanna Schygulla | ... |
Effi Briest
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| Wolfgang Schenck | ... |
Instetten
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| Ulli Lommel | ... |
Major Crampas
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Lilo Pempeit | ... |
Frau Briest
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Herbert Steinmetz | ... |
Herr Briest
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Ursula Strätz | ... |
Roswitha
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| Irm Hermann | ... |
Johanna
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| Karlheinz Böhm | ... |
Wüllersdorf
(as Karl-Heinz Böhm)
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| Karl Scheydt | ... |
Kruse
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| Barbara Lass | ... |
Polnische Köchin
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| Rudolf Lenz | ... |
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
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| Andrea Schober | ... |
Annie von Instetten
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| Eva Mattes | ... |
Hulda
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Theo Tecklenburg | ... |
Pastor Niemeyer
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An Dorthe Braker | ... |
Frau Pasche
(as Anndorthe Braker)
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| Peter Gauhe | ... |
Vetter Dagobert
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| Barbara Valentin | ... |
Marietta Tripelli
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| Hark Bohm | ... |
Apotheker Gieshübler (uncredited)
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| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ... |
Narrator (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ... | (also narrator) |
Written by
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ... | () |
| Theodor Fontane | ... | (novel) |
Cinematography by
| Jürgen Jürges | ||
| Dietrich Lohmann | ||
Editing by
| Thea Eymèsz | ||
Art Direction by
| Kurt Raab | ||
Costume Design by
| Barbara Baum | ||
Makeup Department
| Sybille Danzer | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Christian Hohoff | ... | unit manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Rainer Langhans | ... | assistant director |
| Fritz Müller-Scherz | ... | assistant director |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Peter Gauhe | ... | still photographer |
| Ekkehard Heinrich | ... | lighting technician |
| Ernst Küsters | ... | lighting technician |
| Herbert Paetzold | ... | assistant camera |
| Thomas Schwan | ... | assistant camera |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Katharina von Martius | ... | wardrobe |
Additional Crew
| Ingrid Caven | ... | script |
| Fritz Müller-Scherz | ... | script |
| Margit Carstensen | ... | voice dubbing: Irm Hermann (uncredited) |
| Rosemarie Fendel | ... | voice dubbing: Lilo Pempeit (uncredited) |
| Wolfgang Hess | ... | voice dubbing: Ulli Lommel (uncredited) |
| Renate Küster | ... | voice dubbing: Ursula Strätz (uncredited) |
| Fred Maire | ... | voice dubbing: additional voices (uncredited) |
| Arnold Marquis | ... | voice dubbing: Herbert Steinmetz (uncredited) |
| Eva Mattes | ... | voice dubbing: Andrea Schober (uncredited) |
| Kurt Raab | ... | voice dubbing: Hark Bohm (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Filmverlag der Autoren (1974) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Cinegate (1974) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- New Yorker Films (1977) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Doperfilme (1983) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (video)
- Atlantic Film (2011) (Finland) (DVD) (8-disc Fassbinder Collection)
- Ripley's Film (2011) (Italy)
- Arthaus (2017) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Arthaus (2017) (Germany) (DVD)
- VIGGO (2017) (Italy)
- Carlotta Films (2018) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Goethe Institut (1976) (Australia) (theatrical)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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. Written by Will Gilbert |
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Box Office
| Budget | DEM750,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The complete title of the film is one of the longest titles (if not the longest) in film history: "Fontane Effi Briest oder viele, die eine Ahnung haben von ihren Möglichkeiten und ihren Bedürfnissen und trotzdem das herrschende System in ihrem Kopf akzeptieren durch ihre Taten und es somit festigen und durchaus bestätigen" See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Die Nacht der Regisseure (1995). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Havanaise in E major, Op. 83 See more » |
| Quotes |
Effi Briest:
One's associations are connected not only with one's personal experiences, but also with what one has heard or happens to know. See more » |