Overview
Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as economic hardship and personal defeats weigh down family relations.
DirectorHeinrich Breloer
ProducersUschi Reich, Michael Hild, Matthias Esche, Winka Wulff, Jan S. Kaiser
ScreenplayHeinrich Breloer, Horst Königstein
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
Johann Buddenbrook
Jessica Schwarz
Antonia Buddenbrook
August Diehl
Christian Buddenbrook
Mark Waschke
Thomas Buddenbrook
Iris Berben
Konsulin Bethsy Buddenbrook
Léa Bosco
Gerda Buddenbrook
Raban Bieling
Hanno Buddenbrook
Justus von Dohnányi
Bendix Grünlich
Alexander Fehling
Morten Schwarzkopf
Fedja van Huêt
Hermann Hagenström
Details
LanguageGerman
Production companiesColonia Media, FilmInterest, ORF, ARD, Bavaria Film