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.
Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Director |
Thea Eymèsz | Editor |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Screenplay |
Theodor Fontane | Novel |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Producer |
Kurt Raab | Art Direction |
Barbara Braun | Costume Design |
Dietrich Lohmann | Director of Photography |
Camille Saint-Saëns | Music |