Moritz Franz Beichl

It's 1894, it's crazy. We are at the beginning of the Wilhelminian era. A young lady from a good family has to be willing to marry and to give birth. Oh, Effi - and what about you? You are 17 years old and refuse to conform to this ideal. Your parents marry you off to your mother's ex-lover, Baron von Innstetten, who is 21 years older than you, and you move to the backwoods of Pomerania. Your parents are happy that you are now socially acceptable and that they can convert your old children's room into a hobby room. Instead of flirting in soirées and salons, you meet the dashing Major Crampas. Crampas is a passionate swashbuckler who rocks your world. Daughter, mother, lover, woman in society - you will have to try on all these roles in your short life - none of them really fits. Oh, Effi, oh, oh.
With Effi, Ach, Effi Briest, Moritz Franz Beichl has written a funny, empowering response to Fontane's classic novel. A queer, satirical look at toxic masculinity and a hymn to the outcasts of mainstream society. Beichl's Effi is jolted out of her passivity, braces herself against the social conventions of her time and shines so damn bright until her light goes out.