Buddenbrooks
Drama
⭐ 7.6 / 10(163)
Family saga set in 19th century Germany, chronicling the lives of three generations of the Buddenbrook family, the owners of a family business in the northern town of Luebeck. Based on the novel by Thomas Mann.
- Runtime
- 10h 14m
- Released
- 1979
- Country
- West Germany, France
Details
Release year: 1979
Storyline
Family saga set in 19th century Germany, chronicling the lives of three generations of the Buddenbrook family, the owners of a family business in the northern town of Luebeck. Based on the novel by Thomas Mann.
Top credits
Cast
See all 99 credits →- Ursula Dirichs — Ida Jungmann
Volkert Kraeft — Thomas Buddenbrook- Reinhild Solf — Antoinette 'Tony' Buddenbrook
Gerd Böckmann — Christian Buddenbrook
Did you know
• This series was dubbed into English and released first in England and then in America, on the PBS series Masterpiece Theater - the only German series so honoured.
Episodes
11 episodes – 1 seasons
User reviews
⭐ 7/10
Competent but not outstanding costume drama
👍 10 · 1/2/2001
⭐ 10/10
The decline of a world
👍 13 · 8/11/2009
⭐ 6/10
Slavish, not lavish
👍 3 · 2/22/2023
Technical specs
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
