Drama · Germany · 1923 · 1h 46m

The Buddenbrooks

Die Buddenbrooks

Director

Cast

Peter Esser as Thomas Buddenbrook Mady Christians as Gerda Arnoldsen Alfred Abel as Christian Buddenbrook Hildegard Imhoff as Tony Buddenbrook Mathilde Sussin as Elisabeth Buddenbrook Franz Egenieff as Reeder Arnoldsen

Crew

Alfred Fekete — Writer Luise Heilborn-Körbitz — Writer Gerhard Lamprecht — Writer Thomas Mann — Novel Albert Pommer — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

silent film

Key Collaborators

Gerhard Lamprecht Director Alfred Fekete Writer Luise Heilborn-Körbitz Writer Gerhard Lamprecht Writer Thomas Mann Novel Albert Pommer Producer

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