The Buddenbrooks (1923 film)

The Buddenbrooks
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German	Die Buddenbrooks
Directed by	Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by	Alfred Fekete Luise Heilborn-Körbitz Gerhard Lamprecht Thomas Mann (novel)
Produced by	Albert Pommer
Starring	Peter Esser Mady Christians Alfred Abel
Cinematography	Herbert Stephan Erich Waschneck
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production company	Dea-Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	31 August 1923 (1923-08-31)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Buddenbrooks (German : Die Buddenbrooks) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Peter Esser, Mady Christians, and Alfred Abel. ^[1] It is based on Thomas Mann's 1901 novel The Buddenbrooks .

The film's art direction was by Otto Moldenhauer.

Cast

• Peter Esser as Thomas Buddenbrook
• Mady Christians as Gerda Arnoldsen
• Alfred Abel as Christian Buddenbrook
• Hildegard Imhof as Tony Buddenbrook
• Mathilde Sussin as Elisabeth Buddenbrook
• Franz Egenieff as Reeder Arnoldsen
• Rudolf del Zopp as Consul Krüger
• Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Babette, Consul's wife
• Ralph Arthur Roberts as Bendix Grünlich, agent
• Kurt Vespermann as Renee Throta
• Elsa Wagner as Sesemi Weichbrodt
• Charlotte Böcklin as Aline Puvogel
• Emil Heyse as Kesselmeyer
• Robert Leffler as Kapitän Kloot
• Rudolf Lettinger as Coachman Grobleben
• Philipp Manning
• Karl Platen as Pokurist
• Friedrich Traeger as mayor Oeverdieck
• Hermann Vallentin as smith

References

1. Rentschler, Eric, ed. (2013). German Film and Literature: Adaptations and Transformations. Hoboken: Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-0415239752. OCLC   12810899.^{[ page needed ]}

External links

• The Buddenbrooks at IMDb