The Buddenbrooks (1959 film)

The Buddenbrooks
Directed by	Alfred Weidenmann
Written by	Thomas Mann (novel) Harald Braun Jacob Geis Erika Mann
Produced by	Hans Abich Eberhard Krause
Starring	Liselotte Pulver Hansjörg Felmy Nadja Tiller
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Caspar van den Berg
Music by	Werner Eisbrenner
Production company	Filmaufbau
Distributed by	Europa-Filmverleih
Release dates	11 November 1959 20 November 1959
Running time	99 minutes (Part I) 107 minutes (Part II)
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Buddenbrooks (German: Buddenbrooks) is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Liselotte Pulver, Hansjörg Felmy, Nadja Tiller. It was released in two parts. It is an adaptation of the 1901 novel of the same name by Thomas Mann.

The art director Robert Herlth designed the film's sets. It was filmed at the Wandsbek Studios. Location shooting took place in Hamburg and Lübeck.

Main cast

• Hansjörg Felmy as Thomas Buddenbrook
• Liselotte Pulver as Antonia "Tony" Buddenbrook / Grünlich
• Nadja Tiller as Gerda Arnoldsen / Buddenbrook
• Hanns Lothar as Christian Buddenbrook
• Lil Dagover as Elisabeth Buddenbrook
• Werner Hinz as Jean Buddenbrook
• Rudolf Platte as Herr Wenzel
• Günther Lüders as Corle Smolt
• Robert Graf as Bendix Grünlich
• Wolfgang Wahl as Hermann Hagenström
• Gustav Knuth as Diederich Schwarzkopf
• Joseph Offenbach as Bankier Kesselmeyer
• Paul Hartmann as Pastor Kölling
• Hans Leibelt as Dr. Friedrich Grabow
• Carsta Löck as Ida Jungmann
• Ellen Roedler as Anna
• Hela Gruel as Sesemi Weichbrodt
• Hans Paetsch as Arnoldsen
• Horst Janson as Morten Schwarzkopf
• Fritz Schmiedel as Sigismund Gosch
• Karl Ludwig Lindt as Friedrich Wilhelm Marcus
• Frank Freytag as Sievert Tiburtius
• Gustl Halenke as Clara Buddenbrook
• Helga Feddersen as Clothilde Buddenbrook