Movie

Effi Briest

Released: June 20, 1974 (1974)

Runtime: 141 minutes

Genres: History, Drama

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Herbert Steinmetz as Herr Briest
Age at release: 65
Lilo Pempeit as Frau Briest
Age at release: 51
Karlheinz Böhm as Wullersdorf
Age at release: 46
Wolfgang Schenck as Baron Geert von Instetten
Age at release: 39
Karl Scheydt as Kruse
Age at release: 34
Barbara Lass as Köchin
Age at release: 34
Ursula Strätz as Roswitha
Age at release: 33
Irm Hermann as Johanna
Age at release: 31
Hanna Schygulla as Effi Briest
Age at release: 30
Ulli Lommel as Major Crampas
Age at release: 29

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Theo Tecklenburg as Pastor Niemeyer
Age at release: 67
Rudolf Lenz as Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Age at release: 54
Hark Bohm as Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
Age at release: 35
Barbara Valentin as Marietta Tripelli
Age at release: 33
Eva Mattes as Hulda
Age at release: 19
Andrea Schober as Annie
Age at release: 10