Hanna Schygulla

as Effi Briest

Wolfgang Schenck

as Baron Geert von Instetten

Ulli Lommel

as Major Crampas

Lilo Pempeit

as Frau Briest

Herbert Steinmetz

as Herr Briest

Ursula Strätz

as Roswitha

Irm Hermann

as Johanna

Karlheinz Böhm

as Wullersdorf