Where to Watch Effi Briest (1977)

Yearning to watch 'Effi Briest' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Rainer Werner Fassbinder-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Effi Briest' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Effi Briest' right now, here are some specifics about the Tango Film drama flick.

Released June 15th, 1977, 'Effi Briest' stars Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 21 min, and received a user score of 67 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 46 experienced users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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." .