Directed by:
Franz Peter WirthScreenplay:
Franz Peter WirthComposer:
Eugen ThomassCast:
Carl Raddatz, Katharina Brauren, Martin Benrath, Ruth Leuwerik, Marion Kracht, Reinhild Solf, Claudius Kracht, Gerd Böckmann, Armin Pianka, Volkert Kraeft (more)Plots(1)
Spanning several generations, Buddenbrooks is the sweeping tale of the rise and fall of a wealthy German merchant family. Plagued by unsuccessful business decisions, disastrous marriages and personal tragedies, the Buddenbrooks family finds themselves in danger of losing their fortune as well as their souls in this "sumptuous production" (The New York Times) of Thomas Mann's most famous work. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ryszard Ronczewski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/279/159279410_e1b77e.jpg)
Ryszard Ronczewski
Poland
Best series:
In Face of the Crime (2010) (series)
Eugeniusz Walaszek
Poland
![Ursula Dirichs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/534/159534586_6dd338.jpg)
Ursula Dirichs
Best series:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Der Bulle von Tölz (1996) (series)
Derrick (1974) (series)
Noëlle Chatelet
France
![Günter Strack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193889_6feeae.jpg)
Günter Strack
German Empire
Best series:
Arsène Lupin (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Derrick (1974) (series)
Hans Häckermann
German Empire
Best series:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Derrick (1974) (series)
SOKO München (1978) (series)
![Heinz Baumann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/006/160006429_6a5275.jpg)
Heinz Baumann
German Empire
Best series:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Pfarrer Braun (2003) (series)
Derrick (1974) (series)
Lotte Barthel
Austria-Hungary
Best series:
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Udo Thomer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/685/160685555_efe307.jpg)
Udo Thomer
West Germany
Best series:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Der König von St. Pauli (1998) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Ulrich Faulhaber
German Empire
Best series:
Nicht von schlechten Eltern (1993) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Stephan Orlac](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/369/160369459_4ad393.jpg)
Stephan Orlac
German Empire
Best series:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Derrick (1974) (series)
A Case for Two (1981) (series)
Heinz Lieven
German Empire
Best series:
Ein Mann steht seine Frau (1997) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
SOKO Leipzig (2001) (series)
Hans Helmut Dickow
German Empire
Robert Naegele
German Empire
Best series:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Derrick (1974) (series)
SOKO München (1978) (series)
Regine Lutz
Switzerland
Best series:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Tiere bis unters Dach (2010) (series)
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996) (series)
Kai Taschner
Best series:
Trenk, the Little Knight (2011) (series)
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde (2006) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Sigfrit Steiner
Switzerland
Best series:
Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Derrick (1974) (series)
Wega Jahnke
German Empire
![Rainer Goernemann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/522/162522391_39cfb6.jpg)
Rainer Goernemann
West Germany
Best series:
Verbotene Liebe (1995) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Ein starkes Team (1994) (series)
![Rolf Boysen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/542/162542703_9f7999.jpg)
Rolf Boysen
German Empire
Best series:
Derrick (1974) (series)