Movie: Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil

Top 10 Billed Cast

Liselotte Pulver
Liselotte Pulver

Antonie Buddenbrook

Hansjörg Felmy
Hansjörg Felmy

Thomas Buddenbrook

Hanns Lothar
Hanns Lothar

Christian Buddenbrook

Lil Dagover
Lil Dagover

Elisabeth Buddenbrook

Werner Hinz
Werner Hinz

Jean Buddenbrook

Nadja Tiller
Nadja Tiller

Gerda Arnoldsen

Rudolf Platte
Rudolf Platte

Herr Wenzel

Günther Lüders
Günther Lüders

Corle Smolt

Robert Graf
Robert Graf

Bendix Grünlich

Wolfgang Wahl
Wolfgang Wahl

Hermann Hagenström

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    First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany.

  • Release Date

    1959-11-10

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    5.438

  • Rating:

    2.7 starts
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  • Languages:

    Deutsch
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