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

Liselotte Pulver
Antonie Buddenbrook

Hansjörg Felmy
Thomas Buddenbrook

Hanns Lothar
Christian Buddenbrook

Lil Dagover
Elisabeth Buddenbrook

Werner Hinz
Jean Buddenbrook

Nadja Tiller
Gerda Arnoldsen

Rudolf Platte
Herr Wenzel

Günther Lüders
Corle Smolt

Robert Graf
Bendix Grünlich

Wolfgang Wahl
Hermann Hagenström

Gustav Knuth
Diederich Schwarzkopf

Joseph Offenbach
Bankier Kesselmeyer

Paul Hartmann
Pastor Kölling

Hans Leibelt
Dr. Friedrich Grabow

Carsta Löck
Ida Jungmann
Ellen Roedler
Anna

Hela Gruel
Sesemi Weichbrodt

Hans Paetsch
Arnoldsen

Horst Janson
Morten Schwarzkopf

Fritz Schmiedel
Sigismund Gosch

Karl Ludwig Lindt
Friedrich Wilhelm Marcus

Gustl Halenke
Clara Buddenbrook

Helga Feddersen
Clothilde Buddenbrook
Frank Freytag
Sievert Tiburtius

Günther Jerschke
Unknown
Wilhelm Walter
Unknown
Ernst Brasch
Unknown
Crew

Alfred Weidenmann
Director
Erika Mann
Writer
Jacob Geis
Writer
Harald Braun
Writer

Thomas Mann
Novel
Caspar van den Berg
Editor
Friedl Behn-Grund
Director of Photography
Zlata Mehlers
Assistant Director
Eberhard Krause
Executive Producer
Hans Abich
Producer
Robert Herlth
Production Design, Art Direction
Herbert Ploberger
Costume Design
Werner Eisbrenner
Original Music Composer
Arno Richter
Art Direction
Kurt Herlth
Art Direction
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