cast
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Hanna Schygulla
Effi Briest
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Wolfgang Schenck
Baron Geert von Instetten
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Ulli Lommel
Major Crampas
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Lilo Pempeit
Frau Briest
- Herbert Steinmetz Herr Briest
- Ursula Strätz Roswitha
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Irm Hermann
Johanna
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Karlheinz Böhm
Wullersdorf
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Karl Scheydt
Kruse
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Barbara Lass
Köchin
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Rudolf Lenz
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
- Andrea Schober Annie
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Eva Mattes
Hulda
- Theo Tecklenburg Pastor Niemeyer
- An Dorthe Braker Frau Pasche
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Peter Gauhe
Vetter Dagobert
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Barbara Valentin
Marietta Tripelli
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Hark Bohm
Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)