Ambitious German imperial hussars veteran baron Geert von Instetten takes office as coastal district administrator, hoping to e promoted to the colonies. His childhood love, Luise, married local estate owner von Briest and now arranges for their daughter, Effie, to wed the baron, rather then her beloved cousin Dagobert. In his creepy home, built and filled with exotica by an ocean captain whose Chinese servant is said to haunt it, Effie believes to meet ghosts. She starts an affair with married, swagger major von Crampas. 现在的婚姻观，是时代的进步，还是道德的沦丧？。《艾菲·布里斯特》。Effi。又一个披着“爱情”外衣的，自私行为！。 17岁的艾菲（朱丽娅·耶恩奇 Julia Jentsch 饰）在母亲的安排下嫁给了年近四十的男爵因斯泰顿（赛巴斯汀‧柯赫 Sebastian Koch 饰）。因斯泰顿是一个野心勃勃的男人，将所有的经历都放在了工作上，而艾菲则恰恰和他相反，年幼的她对于世间的一切都充满了好奇心。因为丈夫常常不在家，艾菲感到非常的寂寞，又有传闻说她所住的庄园里闹鬼，这让艾菲更加感到每日担惊受怕。 一次偶然中，艾菲结识了因斯泰顿的好友克拉姆巴（路德韦格·布洛克伯格 Ludwig Blochberger 饰），克拉姆巴常常陪伴孤单的艾菲，随着时间的推移，两人之家碰撞出了爱情的火花。最终，因斯泰顿发现了妻子和好友之间的私情，他向克拉姆巴提出了决斗的要求。
