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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.

The Buddenbrooks
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	Eugen Thomass [de]
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 (1979-10-15) – 23 December 1979 (1979-12-23)

Selected cast

• Ursula Dirichs as Ida Jungmann
• Reinhild Solf as Tony
• Volkert Kraeft as Thomas
• Gerd Böckmann as Christian
• Ruth Leuwerik as Konsulin
• Udo Thomer as Marcus, Prokurist
• Noëlle Châtelet as Gerda
• Adem Rimpapa [de] as Hanno Buddenbrook
• Barbara Markus as Erika Grünlich
• Alexander Hegarth as Dr. Grabow
• Regine Lutz as Sesemi Weichbrodt
• Elisabeth Endriss [de] as Mlle. Popinet
• Martin Benrath as Konsul Buddenbrook
• Carl Raddatz as Johann Buddenbrook sen.
• Katharina Brauren as Antoinette Buddenbrook
• Michael Degen as Bendix Grünlich

References

Bibliography

• Horst Kliemann. Who's Who in Germany. Intercontinental, 1996.

External links

• The Buddenbrooks at IMDb

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