The plight of 17-year-old Effi (Hanna Schygulla) – forced into a socially advantageous marriage with a much older man – is touchingly depicted, but what really interests Fassbinder is the novelist’s complex attitude to the society of his day.
This is no melodrama, but a meticulous dissection of a literary masterpiece.
FONTANE EFFI BRIEST ODER VIELE, DIE EINE AHNUNG HABEN VON IHREN MÖGLICHKEITEN UND IHREN BEDÜRFNISSEN UND TROTZDEM DAS (1974)
An exquisitely subtle rendition of Fontane’s 1896 novel, about a 17-year-old forced into marriage with an older man.
- 1974 Federal Republic of Germany
- Directed by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Produced by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Written by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Featuring
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck
- Running time
- 141 minutes
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