The Buddenbrooks (TV series)
The Buddenbrooks | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann |
Written by | Berndt Rhotert Franz Peter Wirth |
Directed by | Franz Peter Wirth |
Starring | Ursula Dirichs Reinhild Solf Volkert Kraeft Ruth Leuwerik |
Composer | |
Country of origin | France Germany |
Original language | German |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Production | |
Cinematography | Gernot Roll |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Hessischer Rundfunk TF1 |
Release | |
Original network | ARD |
Original release | 15 October 23 December 1979 | –
The Buddenbrooks (German: Die Buddenbrooks) is a television series which originally aired on ARD in 1979.[1] Based on the 1901 novel Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann, it was made as a co-production between France and West Germany.
Selected cast[]
- Ursula Dirichs as Ida Jungmann
- Reinhild Solf as Tony
- Volkert Kraeft as Thomas
- Gerd Böckmann as Christian
- Ruth Leuwerik as Konsulin
- as Marcus, Prokurist
- Noëlle Châtelet as Gerda
- as Hanno Buddenbrook
- as Erika Grünlich
- Alexander Hegarth as Dr. Grabow
- as Sesemi Weichbrodt
- as Mlle. Popinet
- Martin Benrath as Konsul Buddenbrook
- Carl Raddatz as Johann Buddenbrook sen.
- Katharina Brauren as Antoinette Buddenbrook
References[]
- ^ Kliemann p. 78
Bibliography[]
- Horst Kliemann. Who's Who in Germany. Intercontinental, 1996.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1979 German television series debuts
- 1979 German television series endings
- 1970s drama television series
- German-language television shows
- Films based on works by Thomas Mann