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.
adultery
naivety
berlin, germany
becoming an adult
age difference
way of life
life planning
northern germany
duel
single father
baltic sea
new german cinema