Effi Briest
Opens on June 19
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Run Time: 141 min. Release Year: 1974 Language: German
Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Herbert Steinmetz, Lilo Pempeit, Ulli Lommel, Wolfgang Schenck
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.