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Fontane Effi Briest

a.k.a. Effi Briest

1974 · 140 min · Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

A German-made film based on one of the most famous German novels by Theodor Fontane. Effi Briest (Hanna Schygulla) is a socially ambitious, 17-year-old German girl who accepts a proposal of marriage from Baron Geert Von Instetten, a much older diplomat. Unfortunately, neither the Baron's family nor anyone in the secluded town she now calls home accept Effi as an equal. Starved for companionship, Effi begins an innocent friendship with a well-known womanizer that may jeopardize her position as the Baron's wife.

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brendo333

Wiki wrote:
wrote:The film's full title, not used by distributors, is: Fontane Effi Briest oder Viele, die eine Ahnung haben von ihren Möglichkeiten und Bedürfnissen und dennoch das herrschende System in ihrem Kopf akzeptieren durch ihre Taten und es somit festigen und durchaus bestätigen. (Translation: Fontane Effi Briest or Many who have a notion of their potential and needs, and who nevertheless in their heads accept the ruling system and thereby consolidate and downright confirm it.)

AdGuzman

Truly remarkable for the 70s, ahead of its time... but is what Fassbinder always brings to the table with his magnificent films!

Melvelet

Great b/w cinematography, elliptic storytelling. I can imagine it's rather hard to follow it if you haven't read Fontane's novel.