The Buddenbrooks (TV series)

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The Buddenbrooks
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GenreDrama
Based on Buddenbrooks
by Thomas Mann
Written byBerndt Rhotert
Franz Peter Wirth
Directed by Franz Peter Wirth
Starring Ursula Dirichs
Reinhild Solf
Volkert Kraeft
Ruth Leuwerik
Composer Eugen Thomass  [ de ]
Country of originFrance
Germany
Original languageGerman
No. of series1
No. of episodes11
Production
Cinematography Gernot Roll
Running time60 minutes
Production companies Hessischer Rundfunk
TF1
Release
Original network ARD
Original release15 October (1979-10-15) 
23 December 1979 (1979-12-23)

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.

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