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Buddenbrooks (German: Die Buddenbrooks), released also as Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family, is a 2008 German drama film directed by Heinrich Breloer, adapted from the novel of the same name by Thomas Mann. It stars Armin Mueller-Stahl as the family's patriarch Consul Jean Buddenbrook, Iris Berben as his wife Bethsy Buddenbrook, and Jessica Schwarz, Mark Waschke and August Diehl as their children Tony, Thomas and Christian Buddenbrook, respectively.
Buddenbrooks was released in Germany on 25 December 2008, and by July 2009 it was seen by more than 1.2million viewers. The film had its American premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival in June 2009. In 2010, it was released as a two–episode television miniseries, which was shown on the Arte on 23 and 24 December, and on the Das Erste on 27 and 28 December.
Original Release
12/24/2008
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Armin Mueller-Stahl | Johann 'Jean' Buddenbrook / Johann Buddenbrook |
Iris Berben | Elisabeth 'Betsy' Buddenbrook / Konsulin Bethsy Buddenbrook |
Jessica Schwarz | Antonie 'Tony' Buddenbrook / Antonia Buddenbrook |
August Diehl | Christian Buddenbrook |
Mark Waschke | Thomas Buddenbrook |
Raban Bieling | Hanno Buddenbrook |
Léa Bosco | Buddenbrook / Gerda Arnoldsen / Gerda Buddenbrook |
Maja Schöne | Anna |
Nina Proll | Aline Puvogel |
Justus von Dohnányi | Bendix Grünlich |
Directors
Writers
Heinrich Breloer, Thomas Mann, Horst Königstein
Cast
Name | Character |
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Armin Mueller-Stahl | Johann 'Jean' Buddenbrook / Johann Buddenbrook |
Iris Berben | Elisabeth 'Betsy' Buddenbrook / Konsulin Bethsy Buddenbrook |
Jessica Schwarz | Antonie 'Tony' Buddenbrook / Antonia Buddenbrook |
August Diehl | Christian Buddenbrook |
Mark Waschke | Thomas Buddenbrook |
Raban Bieling | Hanno Buddenbrook |
Léa Bosco | Buddenbrook / Gerda Arnoldsen / Gerda Buddenbrook |
Maja Schöne | Anna |
Nina Proll | Aline Puvogel |
Justus von Dohnányi | Bendix Grünlich |
Martin Feifel | Alois Permaneder |
Alexander Fehling | Morten Schwarzkopf |
Elert Bode | Konsul Lebrecht Kröger |
Krijn ter Braak | Meneer Arnoldsen |
Teresa Harder | Ida Jungmann |
Andre Hennicke | Sigismund Gosch / Gosch |
Martin Horn | Carl Smolt |
Wolfgang Hinze | Hinrich Hagenström |
Fedja van Huêt | Hermann Hagenström |
Sylvester Groth | Kesselmayer / Kesselmeyer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Barbara Buhl | Executive Producer |
Lukas Batthyany | Producer |
Matthias Esche | Producer |
Michael Hild | Producer |
Arnd Hoffmeister | Producer |
Jan S. Kaiser | Producer |
Uschi Reich | Producer |
Burkhard Von Schenk | Producer |
Winka Wulff | Producer |