Directed by:
Rainer Werner FassbinderScreenplay:
Rainer Werner FassbinderCast:
Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit, Herbert Steinmetz, Ursula Strätz, Irm Hermann, Karlheinz Böhm, Karl Scheydt, Barbara Lass (more)VOD (1)
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Effi Briest tells of a seventeen-year-old girl (played by Hanna Schygulla) who is married off by her parents to a wealthy Baron (Wolfgang Schenck) more than twice her age. Lonely and dissatisfied, she seeks solace in the companionship of her husband’s friend, Major Crampas (Ulli Lommel). (Arrow Academy)
Cast
Hanna Schygulla
German Empire
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
Wolfgang Schenck
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Effi Briest (1974)
Ulli Lommel
German Empire
Best movies:
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Chinese Roulette (1976)
Lilo Pempeit
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
Herbert Steinmetz
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Effi Briest (1974)
Lola (1981)
Ursula Strätz
German Empire
Best movies:
Fox and His Friends (1975)
Effi Briest (1974)
The Niklashausen Journey (1970) (TV movie)
Irm Hermann
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Karlheinz Böhm
German Empire
Best movies:
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Fox and His Friends (1975)
Effi Briest (1974)
Karl Scheydt
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
Barbara Lass
Poland
Best movies:
Effi Briest (1974)
Che gioia vivere (1961)
Ewa chce spać (1957)
Rudolf Lenz
Austria
Best movies:
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Fox and His Friends (1975)
Effi Briest (1974)
Andrea Schober
Germany
Best movies:
Chinese Roulette (1976)
Effi Briest (1974)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
Eva Mattes
West Germany
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Jail Bait (1973) (TV movie)
Stroszek (1977)
Theo Tecklenburg
German Empire
Best movies:
Effi Briest (1974)
The Story of a Sinner (1951)
Anndorthe Braker
Best movies:
Effi Briest (1974)
Peter Gauhe
Best movies:
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Effi Briest (1974)
World on a Wire (1973) (TV movie)
Barbara Valentin
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Hark Bohm
German Empire
Best movies:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Underground (1995)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (narrator)
Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series) - actor, narrator
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Wolfgang Hess
Switzerland
Best movies:
Treasure Island (1966) (series)
Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Life Is All You Get (1997)