''Effi Briest'' is a 2009 German drama film directed by

Hermine Huntgeburth Hermine Huntgeburth (born 13 November 1957) is a German film director. She is best known for her 2005 film ''The White Masai''. Selected filmography *'' The Terrible Threesome'' (1991) *''Gefährliche Freundin'' (1996, TV film) *' (1998) *''The C ...

. It is based on the 1895 novel ''

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 ...

'' by

Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known toda ...

Cast

Julia Jentsch Julia Jentsch (born 20 February 1978) is a German actress. She has received awards including the Silver Bear, European Film Award, and Lola. She is best known for ''Sophie Scholl – The Final Days'', '' The Edukators'' and ''I Served the King of ...

as Effi von Briest *

Sebastian Koch Sebastian Koch (born 31 May 1962) is a German television and film actor. He is known for roles in the 2007 Academy Award-winning film ''The Lives of Others'', in Steven Spielberg's '' Bridge of Spies'', and as Otto Düring in the fifth season of ...

as Geert von Instetten *

Mišel Matičević Mišel Matičević (, born 22 April 1970) is a German film, television and theater actor of Croatian descent. Early life and education Matičević was born in West Berlin to Croatian parents who were guest workers in West Germany. Following hi ...

as Major Crampas * as Roswitha *

Barbara Auer Barbara Auer (; born ) is a German actress. She has appeared in multiple television shows and films including '' My Daughter Belongs to Me'' (for which she won a German Film Award for "Best Actress"), ', ', and ''The Book Thief''. Awards * 19 ...

as Johanna *

Juliane Köhler Juliane Köhler (born 6 August 1965) is a German theatre, television and film actress. She was born in Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (polit ...

as Luise von Briest *

Thomas Thieme Thomas Thieme (born 29 October 1948) is a German actor. He is considered to be a prolific stage actor and also appeared in more than 100 film and television productions since 1973. In his film and television appearances, Thieme often plays power ...

as Herr von Briest *

Rüdiger Vogler Rüdiger Vogler (born 14 May 1942 in Warthausen, near Biberach an der Riß) is a German film and stage actor. Biography Rüdiger Vogler attended acting school in Heidelberg from 1963 to 1965. Later he played for six years at "''Theater am Turm' ...

as Gieshübler *

Ludwig Blochberger Ludwig Blochberger (born 3 December 1982) is a German actor. He is best known for his appearance in the coming of age movie '' Summer Storm'' dealing with issues around sexual orientation. He also appeared on German TV drama programmes including ...

as Nienkerken

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* 2009 drama films 2009 films 2000s German-language films German drama films Films based on works by Theodor Fontane Films based on German novels Adultery in films Films set in Prussia Films set in the 1880s 2000s German films {{2000s-Germany-film-stub