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Big-name German cast is aces, but helmer Heinrich Breloer struggles to lift his big-budget sudser to the level of epic tragedy.
Boyd van Hoeij, Variety
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Heinrich Breloer Director
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Johann Buddenbrook
- Jessica Schwarz as Antonia Buddenbrook
- August Diehl as Christian Buddenbrook
- Mark Waschke as Thomas Buddenbrook
- Iris Berben as Konsulin Bethsy Buddenbrook
- Léa Bosco as Gerda Buddenbrook
- Raban Bieling as Hanno Buddenbrook
- Justus von Dohnányi as Bendix Grünlich
- Alexander Fehling as Morten Schwarzkopf
- Fedja van Huêt as Hermann Hagenström
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