Effi Briest

1974 · 141 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 2,829 VOTES · DIR. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 2,016 lines

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00:00:20 FONTANE - EFFl BRlEST, OR
00:06:14 and in that respect, she was demanding.
00:11:39 lt's news to me that you have suffered from marriage.
00:17:51 Not before me, at least.
00:23:25 who, whiIe taIking about Bismarck and the Crown Princess...
00:29:55 HaIf an hour Iater, Effi appeared.
00:36:22 Shall we go in to supper?
00:42:06 l'm no longer afraid.
00:48:32 The eIection campaign, which began in October...
00:53:49 And there was...
00:58:33 l'm glad you told me that.
01:05:00 You're a delightful little woman...
01:10:43 l don't want to pretend my case was anything special.
01:16:39 And if l lived to be a hundred, l'd never forget you.
01:23:32 but l should take good care of you.
01:28:58 We hardly had time to pay our calls.
01:35:46 and to act as my second in the dueI.
01:40:14 One could also...
01:46:03 -She's not asleep if you-- -No, that'll only excite her.
01:51:09 Not in the evening.
01:56:34 That's good.
02:02:28 ''and make these demands out of a sense of duty.
02:08:21 You wanted to tell me something.
03:00:00 apart from people like Beza, the barber...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,016
Dialogue density14.3 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line03:00:00

Production Record

DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes2,829