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Buddenbrooks

  • TV Series
  • 1979–
  • 10h 14m
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Buddenbrooks (1979)
GermanDrama

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 n... Read allFamily 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.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.

  • Stars
    • Ursula Dirichs
    • Reinhild Solf
    • Volkert Kraeft
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    166
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    • Stars
      • Ursula Dirichs
      • Reinhild Solf
      • Volkert Kraeft
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Ursula Dirichs
    • Ida Jungmann
    • 1979
    Reinhild Solf
    • Antoinette 'Tony' Buddenbrook
    • 1979
    Volkert Kraeft
    Volkert Kraeft
    • Thomas Buddenbrook
    • 1979
    Gerd Böckmann
    Gerd Böckmann
    • Christian Buddenbrook
    • 1979
    Ruth Leuwerik
    Ruth Leuwerik
    • Elisabeth Buddenbrook
    • 1979
    Udo Thomer
    Udo Thomer
    • Friedrich Wilhelm Marcus
    • 1979
    Noëlle Châtelet
    • Gerda Buddenbrook
    • 1979
    Adem Rimpapa
    • Hanno Buddenbrook
    • 1979
    Regine Lutz
    Regine Lutz
    • Sesemi Weichbrocht
    • 1979
    Alexander Hegarth
    Alexander Hegarth
    • Dr. Friedrich Grabow
    • 1979
    Barbara Markus
    • Erika Grünlich
    • 1979
    Elisabeth Endriss
    • Madmoiselle Popinet
    • 1979
    Martin Benrath
    Martin Benrath
    • Jean Buddenbrook
    • 1979
    Wega Jahnke
    • Klara Buddenbrook
    • 1979
    Michael Degen
    • Bendix Grünlich
    • 1979
    Ulrich Faulhaber
    • Corle Smolt
    • 1979
    Hans Helmut Dickow
    • Justus Kröger
    • 1979
    Stanislaw Frackowiak
    • Peter Döhlmann
    • 1979
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    • Trivia
      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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hands of a Mother (2016)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • October 5, 1979 (West Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • West Germany
      • France
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Los Budenbrook
    • Filming locations
      • Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
      • TF1
      • Taurus Film
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 10h 14m(614 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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