Die Buddenbrooks

Year: 1923

Runtime: 106 mins

Director: Gerhard Lamprecht

Drama

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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