The read
It runs long at 2h 31m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
35 audience votes
Key crew
- Heinrich BreloerDirector
- Heinrich BreloerScreenplay
- Horst KönigsteinScreenplay
Cast
- Armin Mueller-StahlJohann Buddenbrook
- Jessica SchwarzAntonia Buddenbrook
- August DiehlChristian Buddenbrook
- Mark WaschkeThomas Buddenbrook
- Iris BerbenKonsulin Bethsy Buddenbrook
- Léa BoscoGerda Buddenbrook
- Raban BielingHanno Buddenbrook
- Justus von DohnányiBendix Grünlich
- Alexander FehlingMorten Schwarzkopf
- Fedja van HuêtHermann Hagenström
- Maja SchöneAnna
- Nina ProllAline Puvogel