Effi Briest (1974 film)
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Effi Briest is a 1974 film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
, adapted from German author Theodor Fontane
's 1894 novel of the same name
. The film won the 1974 Interfilm Award at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival
and was nominated for the Golden Bear
. It was named one of the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made by The New York Times.
The black-and-white film uses Fontanes's words in dialogues, narration, text, and letters.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Maria Fassbinder was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making...
, adapted from German author Theodor Fontane
Theodor Fontane
Theodor Fontane was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer.-Youth:Fontane was born in Neuruppin into a Huguenot family. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to an apothecary, his father's profession. He became an...
's 1894 novel of the same name
Effi Briest
Effi Briest is widely considered to be Theodor Fontane’s masterpiece and one of the most famous German realist novels of all time. Thomas Mann once said that if one had to reduce one’s library to six novels, Effi Briest would have to be one of them...
. The film won the 1974 Interfilm Award at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival
24th Berlin International Film Festival
The 24th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 21 to July 2, 1974.-Jury:* Rodolfo Kuhn * Margaret Hinxmann* Pietro Bianchi* Gérard Ducaux-Rupp* Kurt Heinz* Akira Iwasaki* Arthur Knight* Manfred Purzer...
and was nominated for the Golden Bear
Golden Bear
According to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear....
. It was named one of the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made by The New York Times.
The black-and-white film uses Fontanes's words in dialogues, narration, text, and letters.
Cast list
- Hanna SchygullaHanna SchygullaHanna Schygulla is a German actress and chanson singer. She is generally considered the most prominent German actress of the New German Cinema.-Life and career:Schygulla was born in Königshütte, Upper Silesia,...
as Effi Briest - Wolfgang Schenck as Baron Geert von Instetten
- Ulli LommelUlli LommelUlli Lommel , is a German actor and director, noted for his many horror films, and for his career as an actor on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's films.-Career:...
as Major Crampas - Lilo Pempeit as Louise Briest, Mutter
- Herbert Steinmetz as Herr Briest, Vater
- Ursula Strätz as Roswitha, Kindermädchen
- Irm Hermann as Johanna, Haushälterin
- Karlheinz Böhm as Geheimrat Wüllersdorf
External links
- The New York Times review by Vincent CanbyVincent CanbyVincent Canby was an American film critic who became the chief film critic for The New York Times in 1969 and reviewed more than 1000 films during his tenure there.-Life and career:...
from June 17, 1977