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
00:06:04 and in forgoing things Iike that, she seemed undemanding.
00:11:11 A MAN lN HlS POSlTlON
00:17:10 We used to hear it in the kitchen, too. But not anymore.
00:22:29 and empty.
00:28:40 What do you mean?
00:34:44 SIeep, my chiId, sIeep
00:40:43 You have to stick to your faith...
00:45:47 Variety is the spice of life...
00:52:04 and that is the main thing.
00:56:38 One has to do things the way he wants.
01:03:02 and Crampas was trying to save you.
01:07:49 BUT SHE RESUMED THEM ON HlS RETURN.
01:13:03 He's done it at last...
01:20:16 No, Mama.
01:25:45 You think butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
01:31:04 because l assume he was chairman of the club and playing a role...
01:37:08 I don't know either.
01:41:17 I'm not so sure, Innstetten.
01:47:09 Back in the kitchen...
01:52:12 EFFl BEGAN TO FEEL VERY MELANCHOLlC.
01:57:05 Johanna brought me here.
02:02:58 The love of parents for their children.
02:08:40 and in one of them there was the story...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,016
Dialogue density14.3 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line02:08:40

Production Record

DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes2,829