Effi Briest
Hanna Schygulla
Baron Geert von Instetten
Wolfgang Schenck
Geheimrat Rummschüttel
Rudolf Lenz
Annie
Andrea Schober
Hulda
Eva Mattes
Pastor Niemeyer
Theo Tecklenburg
Frau Pasche
An Dorthe Braker
Vetter Dagobert
Peter Gauhe
Marietta Tripelli
Barbara Valentin
Pharmacist Gieshübler (uncredited)
Hark Bohm
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Major Crampas
Ulli Lommel
Frau Briest
Lilo Pempeit
Herr Briest
Herbert Steinmetz
Roswitha
Ursula Strätz
Johanna
Irm Hermann
Wullersdorf
Karlheinz Böhm
Kruse
Karl Scheydt
Köchin
Barbara Lass
Director
Screenplay
Producer
Art Direction
Kurt Raab
Assistant Director
Rainer Langhans
Music
Camille Saint-Saëns
Fritz Müller-Scherz
Still Photographer
Director of Photography
Jürgen Jürges
Editor
Thea Eymèsz
Novel
Theodor Fontane
Costume Design
Barbara Braun
Dietrich Lohmann
Louis Spohr
Makeup Artist
Sybille Danzer
Assistant Camera
Thomas Schwan
Wardrobe Supervisor
Katharina von Martius
Lighting Technician
Ekkehard Heinrich
Ernst Küsters
Herbert Paetzold
Unit Manager
Christian Hohoff