The Buddenbrooks
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First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany.
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Principal cast & crew: 25
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Edited by Caspar Van Den BergShot by Friedl Behn GrundScored by Werner EisbrennerDesigned by Kurt Herlth
Also known as
- Buddenbrooks - Erster Teilde
- The Buddenbrookses
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Cast & Crew
25 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Liselotte Pulver
as Grünlich
Hansjorg Felmy
as Thomas Buddenbrook
Nadja Tiller
as Buddenbrook
Hanns Lothar
as Christian Buddenbrook
Maria Sebaldt
as Aline Puvogel
Lil Dagover
as Elisabeth Buddenbrook
Werner Hinz
as Jean Buddenbrook
Matthias Fuchs
as Leutnant von Trotha
Rudolf Platte
as Herr Wenzel
Carsta Lock
as Ida Jungmann
Gunther Luders
as Corle Smolt
Robert Graf
as Bendix Grünlich
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1Directors
1Writers
4Producers
1Other crew
6Parents Guide
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