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Effi Briest
Drama, History - 1974
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A German-made film based on one of the most famous German novels by Theodor Fontane. Effi Briest (Hanna Schygulla) is a socially ambitious, 17-year-old German girl who accepts a proposal of marriage from Baron Geert Von Instetten, a much older diplomat. Unfortunately, neither the Baron's family nor anyone in the secluded town she now calls home accept Effi as an equal. Starved for companionship, Effi begins an innocent friendship with a well-known womanizer that may jeopardize her position as the Baron's wife.
Director:
,
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast:
,
Hark Bohm
,
Irm Hermann
,
Lilo Pempeit
,
Karl Scheydt
,
Hanna Schygulla
,
Karlheinz Böhm
,
Wolfgang Schenck
,
Ulli Lommel
,
Herbert Steinmetz
,
Ursula Strätz

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
141 min
Release date:
20 Jun 1974
Country:
DE
Languages:
German
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The slow, deliberate pace is sometimes taxing, but this story of a 16-year-old girl locked in the boredom of a loveless marriage is perfectly suited to Fassbinder's stifling mise-en-scene.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
It's visually beguiling -- its cameramen having found shades of gray between black and white I'm not sure I've seen before -- and it is performed by the Fassbinder stock company with the precision and style one seldom finds outside the legitimate theater.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
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