Theodor Fontane

Theodor Fontane

1819-12-30
78 (1898-09-20)
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Theodor Fontane was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer.

Neuruppin

Theodor Fontane was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer.

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Effi Briest 1974 (6.7)

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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Effi Briest 2009 (5.2)

Following her parents' wishes, spirited seventeen-year-old Effi Briest marries Baron von Innstetten – a former admirer of her mother – who is twenty years Effi's senior. This marriage of prudence heralds the beginning of a humdrum life, far from home, for Effi. Innstetten devotes himself entirely to his political career, and the sleepy small town of Kessin has very little to offer in terms of variety. But then, one day, Innstetten's old regimental comrade, Major Crampas – a charming womanizer – arrives on the scene.
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Unterm Birnbaum 2019 (6.5)

After the death of their child, the Hradschek couple consoled themselves with gambling and shopping orgies. After the creditor increases the pressure on them, Ursel and Abel decide to kill him.