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Effi Briest
 Effi Briest  

Urged by her parents, Effi Briest, a free-spirited 17-year-old girl, marries Baron von Innstetten, nearly 20 years her senior – and a former admirer of Effi’s mother. The arranged marriage spells the beginning of a monotonous existence for Effi, far away from her hometown: Innstetten is entirely preoccupied with his political career, and the sleepy artist town of Kessin on the Baltic Sea shore offers little excitement. That is until Major Crampas arrives – one of Innstetten’s military comrades and a charming womanizer. Effi starts a passionate affair with him and finally discovers what love is. But it comes at a steep price: The affair proves fatal for Crampas. Effi, on the other hand (unlike in Fontane’s novel) deals with the consequences of her decisions and embarks on a new chapter in her life...

Effi Briest is an adaptation of the classic 19th-century Theodor Fontane novel by director Hermine Huntgeburth, and stars Julia Jentsch (Sophie Scholl: The Final Days) and Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others).

Hermine Huntgeburth was awarded the German Film Award in Gold for Best New Director in 1991 for her directorial feature film debut Im Kreis der Lieben. Television films such as Ein falscher Schritt (1994), Gefaehrliche Freundin (1996), Und alles wegen Mama (1998), Der Hahn ist Tot (1999) and Die Stunde des Wolfs (1999) followed. Her TV movie Romeo earned the prestigious Adolf Grimme Award. Among more recent television projects are Eva Blond und der Zwerg im Schliessfach (2003) and Der Boxer und die Friseuse (2004), which won the 2005 German Television Award for Best Director. Her two-part TV series Teufelsbraten, based on Ulla Hahn’s novel, was awarded the VFF TV Movie Award at the 2007 Munich Film Festival and the Bavarian TV Award for Best Director. Her most recent TV project was Koras Hochzeit. Among her feature film credits are popular hits such as Trio (1998), Bibi Blocksberg (2002), The White Masai (2005), and Effi Briest (2009).