18 Dec 2001
The Shipping News
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Effi Briest
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.
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Hanna Schygulla Effi Briest
Wolfgang Schenck Baron Geert von Instetten
Ulli Lommel Major Crampas
Lilo Pempeit Frau Briest
Herbert Steinmetz Herr Briest
Ursula Strätz Roswitha
Irm Hermann Johanna
Karlheinz Böhm Wullersdorf
Karl Scheydt Kruse
Barbara Lass Köchin
Rudolf Lenz Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Andrea Schober Annie
Eva Mattes Hulda
Theo Tecklenburg Pastor Niemeyer
Barbara Valentin Marietta Tripelli
Hark Bohm Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
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