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The Buddenbrooks
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The Buddenbrooks

1923-08-30 · 106 min · ★ 6.0

Drama

Four-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first adaptation of a Thomas Mann book was also Gerhard Lamprecht’s first major film.

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Directors
Gerhard Lamprecht
Production companies
Dea-Film
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Peter EsserThomas Buddenbrook
Mady ChristiansMady ChristiansGerda Arnoldsen
Alfred AbelAlfred AbelChristian Buddenbrook
Hildegard ImhoffTony Buddenbrook
Mathilde SussinElisabeth Buddenbrook
Franz EgenieffReeder Arnoldsen
Rudolf del ZoppKonsul Krüger
Auguste Prasch-GrevenbergAuguste Prasch-GrevenbergBabette, Frau des Konsuls
Ralph Arthur RobertsRalph Arthur RobertsBendix Grünlich, Agent
Kurt VespermannKurt VespermannRenee Throta
Elsa WagnerElsa WagnerSesemi Weichbrodt
Charlotte BöcklinCharlotte BöcklinAline Puvogel
Emil HeyseKesselmeyer
Robert LefflerRobert LefflerKapitän Kloot
Rudolf LettingerRudolf LettingerKutscher Grobleben
Philipp Manning
Karl PlatenKarl PlatenPokurist
Friedrich TraegerBürgermeister Oeverdieck
Hermann VallentinHermann VallentinSmith
Aribert WäscherAribert WäscherOffice Worker

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