Directed by:
Hermine HuntgeburthScreenplay:
Volker EinrauchCinematography:
Martin LangerComposer:
Johan SöderqvistCast:
Julia Jentsch, Heike Warmuth, Mirko Lang, Ludwig Blochberger, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Thieme, Juliane Köhler, Petra Marie Cammin, Thomas Neumann, Barbara Auer (more)Plots(1)
Following her parents' wishes, spirited seventeen-year-old Effi Briest marries Baron von Innstetten – a former admirer of her mother – who is twenty years Effi's senior. This marriage of prudence heralds the beginning of a humdrum life, far from home, for Effi. Innstetten devotes himself entirely to his political career, and the sleepy small town of Kessin has very little to offer in terms of variety. But then, one day, Innstetten's old regimental comrade, Major Crampas – a charming womanizer – arrives on the scene. Effi begins a passionate affair with him and, for the first time, discovers the meaning of love. Years later, when Baron Innstetten hears of their now bygone affair, he challenges Major Crampas to a duel: "I love my wife. Yes, it may seem strange, but I still love her. – But if you hold true to such things and tell me that you love this wife so much that you can forgive everything, I must ask you: do we have to go through with this? – In spite of this, we must. We are not mere individuals. We belong to the whole. And it is our duty to defer to the whole." Crampas dies in the duel. In a departure from Fontane's version, Effi decides that the only thing to do is to begin a new life ... (Berlinale)
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Effi Briest
Original Soundtrack
Label: Königskinder
Year: 2009
Country: Germany
Format: CD
Length: 44:24
1. | The Proposal | Johan Söderqvist | 02:49 |
2. | Birds In A Cage | Johan Söderqvist | 01:16 |
3. | Effi Is Alone | Johan Söderqvist | 01:42 |
4. | Walk In Despair | Johan Söderqvist | 00:54 |
5. | Effi Meets Crampas | Johan Söderqvist | 01:42 |
6. | Trying To Kiss Her | Johan Söderqvist | 01:51 |
7. | The Chinese And The Bride | Johan Söderqvist | 00:36 |
8. | Crampas | Johan Söderqvist | 01:04 |
9. | Effi Goes To The Theatre | Johan Söderqvist | 00:53 |
10. | The Cabin | Johan Söderqvist | 01:12 |
11. | Effi Runs To Crampas | Johan Söderqvist | 02:21 |
12. | Roswitha | Johan Söderqvist | 01:03 |
13. | Lovemeeting | Johan Söderqvist | 01:35 |
14. | The Ride | Johan Söderqvist | 01:17 |
15. | In The Dunes | Johan Söderqvist | 01:22 |
16. | The Farewell | Johan Söderqvist | 02:42 |
17. | Flowers From Gieshuebler | Johan Söderqvist | 01:06 |
18. | In The Carriage | Johan Söderqvist | 01:52 |
19. | Effi Goes Home | Johan Söderqvist | 02:07 |
20. | The Duel | Johan Söderqvist | 01:24 |
21. | To Berlin | Johan Söderqvist | 01:14 |
22. | Effi Is Banished | Johan Söderqvist | 01:36 |
23. | The Letters | Johan Söderqvist | 01:38 |
24. | Effi And The Chinese | Johan Söderqvist | 01:22 |
25. | Annie | Johan Söderqvist | 01:46 |
26. | Effi Briest | Johan Söderqvist | 06:00 |