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.
Effi Briest has generally received positive reviews.
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Effi Briest was released in 1974 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 22 reviews, giving Effi Briest (1974) an average rating of 69%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 68%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Effi Briest than critics were.
With a score of 69%, Effi Briest is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1974, which stands at 60%.
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