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Plot. The film begins with Effi von Briest, aged 17, on the swing in her parents' garden. Her mother comments on her wild nature, saying that she has an aerial spirit. Talking with other teenage girls, they discuss how Effi's mother was courted by Baron von Instetten when he was a soldier but she chose Effi's father, a councillor and landowner.
Effi Briest: Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit. In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town.
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- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Not Rated
Dec 31, 2014 · In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town. She soon bears a daughter, Annie, and hires the lapsed Catholic Roswitha to look after her.
- 135 min
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- Joseph Jonathan Joestar
Nov 5, 2006 · Effi Briest is a heroine of the Enlightenment or the Age of Reason, reminding us of the “vicious circles” we are yet to break free from – the murderous timeless dance of the oppressor and the oppressed. The film ultimately unravels with Effi on her deathbed.
- Christa Lang Fuller
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.
In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town.
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