The Buddenbrooks
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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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Cast
29 people
Peter Esser
Thomas Buddenbrook
Also in
The Trapp Family in America
Der Friedhof der Lebenden
Mady Christians
Gerda Arnoldsen
Known for
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Heidi
Gerhard Lamprecht
Also in
Der Friedhof der Lebenden
Albert Pommer
Giuseppe Becce
Alfred Fekete
Alfred Abel
Christian Buddenbrook
Known for
Metropolis
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Luise Heilborn-Körbitz
Erich Waschneck
Hildegard Imhoff
Tony Buddenbrook
Also in
In the Slums of Berlin
Die Andere
Herbert Stephan
Mathilde Sussin
Elisabeth Buddenbrook
Also in
The Waltz Dream
The House Without Laughter
Gerhard Lamprecht Director · Luise Heilborn-Körbitz Writer Alfred Fekete Writer
First release August 30, 1923 · Produced in Germany · Original title Die Buddenbrooks
Production
Dea-Film
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Die Buddenbrooks
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Germany · August 30, 1923
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
August 19, 1924
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