
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.
Cast

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

Martin Feifel
Alois Permaneder

Sunnyi Melles
Senatorin Möllendorpf

Josef Ostendorf
Senator James Möllendorpf

Sylvester Groth
Kesselmeyer

André Hennicke
Gosch

Maximilian von Pufendorf
René Maria von Trotha

Teresa Harder
Ida Jungmann

Elert Bode
Konsul Lebrecht Kröger

Krijn ter Braak
Meneer Arnoldsen
Martin Horn
Carl Smolt
Wolfgang Hinze
Hinrich Hagenström

Tonio Arango
Stephan Kistenmaker
Cas Enklaar
Van Kellen

Thomas Meinhardt
Prokurist Friedrich Wilhelm Marcus

Michael Abendroth
Dr. Friedrich Grabow
Matthias Deutelmoser
Dr. Giesecke

Nicholas Reinke
Peter Döhlmann

Katharina M. Schubert
Eva Ewers
Frank-Leo Schröder
Berkemeyer
Jan Peter Heyne
Zahnrzt Dr. Brecht
Daniela Merz
Martha Huneus

Uwe Rohde
Unknown

Brigitte Janner
Unknown

Leonard Proxauf
Christian Buddenbrook - als Kind

Jürgen Rißmann
Diener Anton
Sarah-Lavinia Schmidbauer
Babette

Marion Gretchen Schmitz
Sterbeschwester Leandra

Ariella Hirshfeld
Julchen Hagenström

Michael Witte
Unknown
Peter Clös
Postbote Telegramm
Hannah Corogil
Tony Buddenbrook - als Kind
Ina Holst
Cook

Jan-Hendrik Kiefer
Kai von Mölln
Valentin Markmann
Hermann Hagenström - als Kind
Ruben Ortlieb
Hanno Buddenbrook - 5 Jahre
Tim Reingruber
Senatsbote
Martin Rentzsch
Pastor Pringsheim
Anne Schramm
Küchenmagd Trine
Julius Terhedebrügge
Thomas Buddenbrook - als Kind
Andreas von Steegen
Bürgermeister Overdieck
Hans-Christoph Michel
Lieferant (uncredited)
Lisa Hofer
Folgemädchen
Crew
Heinrich Breloer
Director, Screenplay

Horst Königstein
Screenplay

Thomas Mann
Novel
Barbara von Weitershausen
Editor

Gernot Roll
Director of Photography
Barbara Buhl
Executive Producer
Uschi Reich
Producer
Michael Hild
Producer
Matthias Esche
Producer
Jan S. Kaiser
Producer
Winka Wulff
Producer
Burkhard Von Schenk
Associate Producer
Lukas Batthyany
Associate Producer
Arnd Hoffmeister
Line Producer
Barbara Baum
Costume Design
Hans-Peter Ströer
Music
Ladislav Lahoda
Stunt Coordinator
Recommendations
view all
A Most Wanted Man

Dolan's Cadillac

Her Difference

Huda's Salon

Good Bye, Lenin!

The Orphanage

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Titanic

Shutter Island

2001: A Space Odyssey

Ex Machina

Inside Out

Blade Runner

PK

The Breakfast Club

Young Frankenstein

Back to the Future

The Shining

The Godfather Part III

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood