''Effi Briest'' is a 1971 East German film directed by

Wolfgang Luderer Wolfgang is a German name, German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wikt:wolf#Old High German, wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''wikt:gang#Old High Germa ...

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Angelica Domröse Angelica Domröse (; born April 4, 1941, in Berlin) is a German actress, who became famous in the role of Paula in Heiner Carow's film ''The Legend of Paul and Paula''. Her Mediterranean appearance is the result of her biological father being a ...

Effi Briest ''Effi Briest'' is a realist novel by Theodor Fontane. Published in book form in 1895, ''Effi Briest'' marks both a watershed and a climax in the poetic realism of literature. It can be thematically compared to other novels on 19th century mar ...

Horst Schulze Horst Schulze (26 April 1921 – 24 October 2018) was a German actor and opera singer. He was born in Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Sa ...

as Geert von Imstetten *

Walter Lendrich Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

as Alonzo Gießhübler * Ursula Am-Ende as Sidonie von Grasenabb *

Angelika Ritter Angelika may refer to: * Angelika (given name) * Angelika Film Center, theater chain See also * Pieris angelika, butterfly * Angelica (disambiguation) * Angelique (disambiguation) Angelique or Angélique may refer to: * Angélique (given na ...

as Hertha Jahnke * Susanne Tischbier as Bertha Jahnke *

Marianne Wünscher Marianne () has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed in ...

as Marietta Tripelli * Gerda Quies as Hulda Niemeyer *

Gerhard Bienert Gerhard Max Richard Bienert (8 January 1898 – 23 December 1986) was a German stage and film actor. Gerhard Bienert was born in Berlin, Germany and died in the same city in 1986 at age 88. Selected filmography * ''Duke Ferrante's End'' (1922) * ...

as Herr von Briest *

Inge Keller Inge Keller (15 December 1923 – 6 February 2017) was a German stage and film actress whose career on stage and screen spanned seventy years. She was one of the most prominent performers in the former German Democratic Republic. Thomas Langhoff ...

as Frau von Briest * Dietrich Körner as Major von Crampas * Waltraud Kramm as Frau von Crampas *

Harry Studt Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...

as Herr von Grasenabb * Traute Sense as Frau von Grasenabb * Heinz Hinze as Herr von Ahlemann * Hanna Rieger as Frau von Ahlemann * Axel Triebel as Baron von Jatzkow *

Erich Brauer Erich Brauer (28 June 1895, in Berlin – 9 May 1942, in Petah Tikvah) was a German Jewish illustrator, ethnographer, and ethnologist. As an artist he chose to be known as Erich Chiram Brauer. He often signed his art work "Chiram". Early life H ...

as Baron von Borcke *

Hans Zimmermann Hans Zimmermann (18 October 1906 – 17 February 1984) was a German Nazi Party official. He served as the Acting ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Franconia between February 1940 and April 1942. Early life Born in Nuremberg, Zimmermann attended volksschule ...

as Kutscher Kruse *

Adolf Peter Hoffmann Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...

as Geheimrat Wüllersdorf *

Horst Friedrich Horst Friedrich (born 12 October 1950) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and former member of the German Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representati ...

as Dr. Rumschüttel * Werner Schulz-Wittan as Dr. Hannemann * Hans-Hartmut Krüger as Gizicki * Hans Flössel as Wilke * Hilde Kneip as Christel * Eckhard Bilz as Dagobert *

Günther Ballier Günther Ballier (18 October 1900 – 20 April 1980) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1933 and 1975. Selected filmography * ''The Country Schoolmaster (1933 film), The Country Schoolmaster'' ...

as Friedrich * Krista Siegrid Lau as Johanna * Lissy Tempelhof as Roswitha * Lisa Macheiner as Ministerin * Hannes W. Braun as Erster befrakter Herr * Karl-Helge Hofstadt as Zweiter befrakter Herr *

Blanche Kommerell Blanche Kommerell (born 10 March 1950) is a German actress and writer. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1962. She was a daughter of actress Ruth Kommerell Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, ...

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* * 1971 films 1971 television films East German films Television in East Germany German drama television films 1970s German-language films German-language television shows Television shows based on German novels Films based on Effi Briest Films about adultery Films set in Prussia Films set in the 1880s {{Germany-tv-film-stub