Overview

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...

Top Cast

Ruth Leuwerik

Effi Briest

Bernhard Wicki

Geert von Innstetten

Paul Hartmann

Mr. von Briest

Carl Raddatz

Major von Crampas

Lil Dagover

Mutter Briest

Günther Lüders

Alonzo Gieshübler

Margot Trooger

Johanna

Lola Müthel

Marietta

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Lotte Brackebusch

Roswitha