The Buddenbrooks

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Peter Esser Thomas Buddenbrook

Mady Christians Gerda Arnoldsen

Alfred Abel Christian Buddenbrook

Hildegard Imhoff Tony Buddenbrook

Mathilde Sussin Elisabeth Buddenbrook