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The Buddenbrooks (1959 film)

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The Buddenbrooks
Directed byAlfred Weidenmann
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFriedl Behn-Grund
Edited byCaspar van den Berg
Music byWerner Eisbrenner
Production
company
Filmaufbau
Distributed byEuropa-Filmverleih
Release dates
  • 11 November 1959 (1959-11-11) (Part I)
  • 20 November 1959 (1959-11-20) (Part II)
Running time
  • 99 minutes (Part I)
  • 107 minutes (Part II)
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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.[1] 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

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References

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  1. ^ Nowell-Smith p.149

Bibliography

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  • Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press, 1997.
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