Romantic anarchist at the film society of lincoln center in effi briestboth the 1974 film by rainer werner fassbinder and the 1895 theodor fontane novel on which the movie is closely basedan inexperienced young woman is married off to a man who cannot love. Rainer werner fassbinders effi briest, a 1974 film starring hanna schygulla, feels very faithful to the format of its source material. Rainer werner fassbinder wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. As has been welldocumented elsewhere, his prodigious filmic output and drug abuse fed off each other. Effi briest tells of a seventeenyearold girl who is married off by her parents to a wealthy baron more than twice her age. Fassbinders effi briest is quite literally a film of theodor fontanes novel. Effi briest also known as fontane effi briest is a 1974 film directed and narrated by rainer werner fassbinder, adapted from german author theodor fontanes 1894 novel of the same name. Effi briest, novel by theodor fontane, written in 189193. Maybe for fassbinder it wasnt about effi briest, but about theodor fontane. The plight of 17yearold effi hanna schygulla forced into a socially advantageous marriage with a much older man is touchingly depicted, but what really interests fassbinder is the novelists complex attitude to the society of his day. At its core is effi briest hanna schygulla, who starred in some of fassbinders best works, a 17 year old girl who is promptly married off to an upandcoming prussian politician. Along with effi briest, fontane is remembered for frau jenny treibel, an ironic criticism of middleclass hypocrisy and smallmindedness. Nov 23, 2016 the autodidact auteur lists the 10 films that influenced his brief yet prolific career. Fassbinder s effi briest is quite literally a film of theodor fontanes novel.
Collection gutenberg contributor project gutenberg language germanic. Rainer werner fassbinder s adaptation of a late 19thcentury novel by theodor fontane is an austere period piece that may be the least characteristic of the german directors films. Inhalt fakten charaktere inhalt frauenrolle gesellschaftskritik symbolik im 1. Rainer werner fassbinder films from worst to best mtv. Effi briest 2009 cast and crew tragedy follows when a barons sebastian koch unhappy bride julia jentsch has a steamy affair with a dashing officer misel maticevic. New german cinema renegade rainer werner fassbinder lived fast and made films even faster, directing more than forty features, miniseries, and tv movies before his untimely death at age thirtyseven. Perverting the ways and rules of cinematic genres is. Fear eats the soul, 1974, an enchanted costume drama effi briest, 1974, a scifi tv series world on a wire, 1973, a black comedy for perverts satans brew, 1976 and bows out with a druggy gay fantasia querelle, 1982. Hanna schygulla stars in this bleak fassbinder drama as effi briest, a tomboyish seventeen yearold german girl living with her parents. Fassbinders favourite star on surviving his abuse ryan gilbey. Helmut wagenpfeil akademische arbeit germanistik neuere deutsche literatur arbeiten publizieren. Detached as it is, effi briest unabashedly invites comparisons with contemporary society, implicitly asking whether much has changed. Rwf hated frankfurt and most particularly his employers in the city council, and vented his anger in a new play called garbage.
Effi briest 1974 rainer werner fassbinder synopsis. The restored eight hours dont make a day presents a rare. With angelica domrose, horst schulze, dietrich korner, gerhard bienert. Politicallyinspired period story from fassbinder s best years. Fassbinder effi briest by brightlightinsight by a landslide. It can be thematically compared to other novels on 19th century marriage from a female perspective, such as anna karenina and madame bovary, which are also adultery tragedies. Scene 6 starts with a neorealistic meeting between nana and her friend yvette guylaine schlumberger. Published in book form in 1895, effi briest marks both a watershed and a climax in the poetic realism of literature. Rainer werner fassbinder, the genius of the new german cinema, made fortythree remarkable film and television works between 1966 and his death in 1982 at age thirtyseven. She soon bears a daughter, annie, and hires the lapsed catholic roswitha to look after her.
Rainer werner fassbinders adaptation of a late 19thcentury novel by theodor fontane is an austere period piece that may be the least characteristic of the german directors films. He is widely regarded as a prominent figure and catalyst of the new german cinema. Effi briest theodor fontane by amelie roth on prezi. Theodor fontanes 1895 novel, about the consequences of betrayed love, was long a favorite of fassbinder s. Overview of effi briest, 1974, directed by rainer werner fassbinder, with hanna schygulla, wolfgang schenck, ulli lommel, at turner classic movies. It was written by theodor fontane, published in 1896. Effi briest 2009 tragedy follows when a barons sebastian koch unhappy bride julia jentsch has a steamy affair with a dashing officer misel maticevic.
I have now seen fassbinders film effi briest three times, once in the theater back in 1977, and two times within the past couple of years. Coming at the midpoint of his 43film career, effi briest is one of fassbinder s greatest, and most universally acclaimed, films. Scene 5 returns to neorealism, street scenes and nanas first client. Many fassbinder films are influenced by the melodramas of the great filmmaker douglas sirk, and here the homage is made explicit the story is inspired by sirks all that heaven allows 1955, starring jane wyman as a woman who falls in love with her younger gardener rock hudson to the horror of her snobby children and her socalled friends. An interview with rainer werner fassbinder authors. Coming at the midpoint of his 43film career, effi briest is one of fassbinders greatest, and most universally acclaimed, films. This effi briest pdf kindle book is very recommended for you all who likes to reader as collector, or just read a book to fill in spare time. Unfortunately, neither the barons family nor anyone in the secluded town she now calls home. Rainer werner fassbinders 1974 cinematic adaptation is itself also a masterpiece, a jewel of a film that is superbly directed, photographed and acted. According to fassbinders future editor and partner juliane lorentz, it ended after the fifth. Mar, 2018 fassbinder and wdr initially planned eight hours dont make a day as an eightepisode series. Effi briest 1974 directed by rainer werner fassbinder. This interview was recorded in the apartment where rainer werner fassbinder was staying in frankfurt. Fassbinder s favourite star on surviving his abuse ryan gilbey.
This quote from max nelsons article fassbinder adapts. Effi briest was one of my favorite books in school. With both cutting irony and profound empathy, fassbinder exposed the moral hypocrisy of german society in slashing, sirkian melodramas like the bitter tears of. With julia jentsch, heike warmuth, mirko lang, ludwig blochberger. Scene 4 is a straightforward interview in a police station as nana is quizzed about stealing a 1,000 franc note. Effi briest pdf download free just only for you, because effi briest pdf online book is limited edition and best seller in the year. Rent rainer werner fassbinder movies and tv shows on dvd and. Its one of the great classic novels of german literature, and standard reading in schools. Hugh rorrison has published extensively on modern german theatre and teaches german film at the university of leeds.
Politicallyinspired period story from fassbinders best years. With margit carstensen, irm hermann, juliane lorenz, hanna schygulla. During the making of fassbinder s 1974 period drama effi briest. In real life effi briest would have suffered less, argues giles macdonogh, as he rereads theodor fontanes masterpiece giles macdonogh fri 1 aug 2003 20. Rainer werner fass binder was at the peak of his artistic powers when, on june 10, 1982, he was found dead of a drug overdose in his munich apartment, a cigarette still between his lips. The life and work of a provocative genius offscreen. Known for its deft characterization and accurate portrayal of brandenburg society, the novel examines the place of women in society by following the corruption and downfall of effi.
Kapitel quellen symbolik im ersten kapitel effi briest effi briest charaktere autor. May 30, 2014 in effi briestboth the 1974 film by rainer werner fassbinder and the 1895 theodor fontane novel on which the movie is closely basedan inexperienced young woman is married off to a man who cannot love. Jan 05, 2010 effi briest filmanalyse hstormfighter. He had recently arrived in the city to take over running the teater am turm tower theatre an arrangement which came to an abrupt end a few months later. Born in 1819 in neuruppin, thirty miles northwest of berlin, fontane spent his working life as a balladeer, a critic, and a journalist in germany and london. Pdf distancing techniques in fassbinders effi briest. A germanmade film based on one of the most famous german novels by theodor fontane. Fassbinders exquisitely subtle rendition of fontanes great novel of 1896. The titular heroine, played by fassbinder regular hanna schygulla, is a 17yearold girl forced into a loveless marriage with an old count. Unhappy in her new home and longing for companionship, effi begins an innocent friendship with an army major, crampas lommel that soon turns romantic. Effi briest fontane effi briest 1977 rotten tomatoes.
He is widely regarded as a prominent figure and catalyst of the new german cinema movement. If im right that many of the audience who ranged from kids of barely twenty to senior citizens were german, i assume they were mostly well acquainted. Unfortunately, neither the barons family nor anyone in the secluded town she now calls home accept effi as an equal. Effi capitulates to her social role as per wilhelmine germany at the end of the 19th century while nana remains in rebellion to the very end as per the spirit of the 1960s. Upon completing christian braad thomsens book, the reader will wonder at which point fassbinder, who divided his time between the cinema and theatre as director, screenwriter, producer, and actor, lived but for his art.
I hope nowadays they show this one in schools instead of fassbinders version. He makes a whitehot piece of contemporary social realism ali. Directed by rainer werner fassbinder the criterion channel. In keeping with fassbinder s gloomy and deterministic worldview, this exacting movie offers a pessimistic answer to that question.
I hope nowadays they show this one in schools instead of fassbinder s version. In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old effi briest. Rent rainer werner fassbinder movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. Many of my classmates didnt like it and i dont get it. Rainer werner fassbinder was only 37 years old when he passed away in 1982. But even within the confines of an alltoobrief filmmaking career, he managed to direct 50 different features, three shorts, and two revolutionary television series. Jan 12, 2016 effi briest is a virtual companion piece to madame bovary 1857 and anna karenina 1877 and it seems the fontane classic is a standing dish on the set books menu in german high schools. Lonely and dissatisfied, she seeks solace in the companionship of her. The films of rainer werner fassbinder, a retrospective that runs from october 28 december 3. Effi briest 1974, directed by rainer werner fassbinder film.
With hanna schygulla, wolfgang schenck, ulli lommel, karlheinz bohm. Filmemacher norbert buse steht fur interviews zur verfugung. Effi briest, the 19th century novel by theodor fontane, was given to me at the tender age of 14 and has left a deep mark upon my soul. It has been filmed at least six times, most famously by rainer werner fassbinder. Theodor fontanes 1895 novel, about the consequences of betrayed love, was long a favorite of fassbinders. During the making of fassbinders 1974 period drama effi briest, he told her all the. Effi briest 1974 this might be considered as the defining performance by fassbinder muse, hanna scyhgulla, who plays a young girl growing up in german high society and marries before she truly understands the concept of love. Rainer werner fassbinder taught himself cinema with these 10. Effi briest shows at tiff bell lightbox november 3rd at 6. Effi briest is a subtlywritten examination of the rigidity and hypocrisy of the value system among the prussian nobility. Effi briest 1974, directed by rainer werner fassbinder. Fassbinder effi briest brightlightinsight by a landslide.
Effi is lonely when her husband is away on business, so she spends time riding and walking. Romantic anarchist at the film society of lincoln center in effi briest both the 1974 film by rainer werner fassbinder and the 1895 theodor fontane novel on which the movie is closely basedan inexperienced young woman is married off to a man who cannot love. Theodor fontane 181998 was a german novelist and political reporter. Dec 03, 2014 fassbinder died either on the evening of june 9 or the early morning of june 10 in 1982, just three weeks into the editing of querelle. The heroine as social victim also takes central position in fassbinders effi briest, but with the simple difference of social milieu. Though simple, effi still has some social ambition, ambition. The best collaboration between fassbinder and frequent star schygulla, who delivers a truly affecting turn in the title role. Jun, 2017 briefly, the other fassbinder bummers currently streaming on filmstruck not including love is colder than death, gods of the plague, and effi briest, which i havent seen. Fontane turned the relatively meagre facts into the novel effi briest, which became a striking indictment of 19thcentury prussian society, where those who saw themselves and each other as willing participants in a code of honour and duty were, in fact, being constrained by a moral straitjacket that denied them vitality and vigour.
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