Prussia in the late 19th century: Eighteen-year-old Effi Briest, the daughter of a middle-class family, marries District Administrator Geert von Innstetten. But her marriage to this much older, highly dutiful man does not make her happy. In the small town where Innstetten serves, Effi is socially isolated. Then she meets the charming Major von Crampas...
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- Released
- Production
- Divina-Film
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Top Cast
Ruth Leuwerik as Effi Briest
Bernhard Wicki as Geert von Innstetten
Paul Hartmann as Mr. von Briest
Carl Raddatz as Major von Crampas
Lil Dagover as Mutter Briest
Top Crew
Rudolf Jugert · Director
Horst Budjuhn · Writer
Theodor Fontane · Novel
Werner Krien · Cinematographer
Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann · Editor
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