GERMANY · 1974

Effi Briest

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
New German Cinema
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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.

Year1974
CountryGermany
DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
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