Buddenbrooks

Buddenbrooks

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Release Date

12/25/2008

Runtime

151 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

-

Revenue

$12,627,016

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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.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulContemplativeBittersweet

Themes

FamilyClassLoveAmbition

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticPainterlyFormalist

Structure

Linear

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