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Die Buddenbrooks (1923) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1923 · 106 mins
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- Directed by
- Gerhard Lamprecht
- Starring
- Alfred Abel, Hermann Vallentin, Elsa Wagner, Karl Platen, Rudolf Lettinger, Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg
Spanning four generations, the film depicts the gradual decline of a respectable middle‑class family in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, exploring their fortunes, relationships and moral choices across decades. It is the first cinematic adaptation of Thomas Mann’s novel and also marks Gerhard Lamprecht’s debut as a major director.
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