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.
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Major Crampas
Effi Briest
Wullersdorf
Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
Hulda
Johanna
Marietta Tripelli
Köchin
Frau Briest
Baron Geert von Instetten
Kruse
Herr Briest
Annie
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Roswitha
Frau Pasche
Vetter Dagobert
Pastor Niemeyer