
Buddenbrooks
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12/25/2008Runtime
151 minsOverview
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.
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GermanBudget
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$12,627,016Homepage
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A stately, deliberate portrait of a merchant family's gradual unraveling across generations, where personal desires collide with economic and social pressures in 19th-century Germany. The film unfolds with the formal precision of a period drama, watching carefully as love and duty pull the family in different directions.
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
Johann Buddenbrook

Jessica Schwarz
Antonia Buddenbrook

August Diehl
Christian Buddenbrook

Mark Waschke
Thomas Buddenbrook

Iris Berben
Konsulin Bethsy Buddenbrook

Léa Bosco
Gerda Buddenbrook

Raban Bieling
Hanno Buddenbrook

Justus von Dohnányi
Bendix Grünlich

Alexander Fehling
Morten Schwarzkopf

Fedja van Huêt
Hermann Hagenström

Maja Schöne
Anna

Nina Proll
Aline Puvogel
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