Buddenbrooks (film)

Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks
Directed by	Heinrich Breloer
Screenplay by	Heinrich Breloer ; Horst Königstein
Produced by	Michael Hild ; Jan S. Kaiser ; Uschi Reich ; Winka Wulff
Starring	Jessica Schwarz ; Mark Waschke ; August Diehl ; Armin Mueller-Stahl ; Iris Berben
Cinematography	Gernot Roll
Edited by	Barbara von Weitershausen
Music by	Hans Peter Ströer
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 25, 2008;
Running time	150 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German
Budget	€16,200,000 (estimated)

Buddenbrooks (German: Die Buddenbrooks), released also as Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family, is a 2008 German drama film directed by Heinrich Breloer, adapted from the novel of the same name by Thomas Mann. It stars Armin Mueller-Stahl as the family's patriarch Consul Jean Buddenbrook, Iris Berben as his wife Bethsy Buddenbrook, and Jessica Schwarz, Mark Waschke and August Diehl as their children Tony, Thomas and Christian Buddenbrook, respectively.

Buddenbrooks was released in Germany on 25 December 2008, and by July 2009 it was seen by more than 1.2million viewers.^[2] The film had its American premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival in June 2009.^[3] In 2010, it was released as a two–episode television miniseries, which was shown on the Arte on 23 and 24 December,^[4] and on the Das Erste on 27 and 28 December.^[5]

Plot

Buddenbrooks portrays the decline of a wealthy merchant family of Lübeck, the Buddenbrooks, through three generations — Consul Johann "Jean" Buddenbrook (Armin Mueller-Stahl) and his wife Elisabeth "Bethsy" Buddenbrook (Iris Berben); their children Thomas (Mark Waschke), Christian (August Diehl) and Antonie "Tony" Buddenbrook (Jessica Schwarz); and Thomas' son Hanno (Raban Bieling).

Even though he dearly loves them, Consul Buddenbrook expects his children to subordinate their personal happiness to the welfare of the family firm. The first to learn this is Tony, who is married off to Bendix Grünlich (Justus von Dohnányi), a businessman from Hamburg. Her brothers have meanwhile learned the trade in Amsterdam and London. Crushed by Tony's marital disaster and several unlucky transactions, Jean Buddenbrook makes over the business to his eldest, Thomas. Thomas marries the Dutch heiress Gerda (Léa Bosco), a passionate violin player, although he does not love her. After having spent time in Valparaiso, Christian returns to Lübeck. Thomas soon learns that his brother is much more interested in the theatre and actress Aline (Nina Proll) than in the company, which causes a rift between the brothers. Seeing that she cannot heal it, their mother admonishes them to at least conceal it from society.

Cast

Jessica Schwarz as Antonie "Tony" Buddenbrook
Mark Waschke as Thomas Buddenbrook
August Diehl as Christian Buddenbrook
Armin Mueller-Stahl as Consul Johann "Jean" Buddenbrook
Iris Berben as Elisabeth "Bethsy" Buddenbrook
Léa Bosco as Gerda Buddenbrook
Alexander Fehling as Morten Schwarzkopf
Justus von Dohnányi as Bendix Grünlich
Martin Feifel as Alois Permaneder
Nina Proll as Aline Puvogel
Raban Bieling as Hanno Buddenbrook
Sylvester Groth as Kesselmeyer
Fedja van Huêt as Hermann Hagenström

Ariella Hirshfeld as Julchen Möllendorpf
Sunnyi Melles as Mrs. Möllendorpf
Josef Ostendorf as Senator Möllendorpf
Max von Pufendorf as René Maria von Trotha
Maja Schöne as Anna Iwersen
Tonio Arango as Stefan Kistenmaker
Matthias Deutelmoser as Doctor Giesecke
André Hennicke as Gosch
Teresa Harder as Ida Jungmann
Elert Bode as Consul Lebrecht Kröger
Michael Abendroth as Doctor Grabow
Jan-Hendrik Kiefer as Kai von Mölln
Jürgen Rißmann as Diener Anton

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated	Result
Bavarian Film Awards	2008	Production and Costume Design	Götz Weidner Barbara Baum	Won^[6]

Home media

Buddenbrooks was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 11 September 2009.^[7]

References

^ "Box office / business for Buddenbrooks (2008)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ "Filmhitliste: Monat Juli 2009". FFA (in German). July 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ "Buddenbrooks". Seattle International Film Festival. June 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ Krei, Alexander (24 December 2010). "Arte feiert großen Erfolg mit den "Buddenbrooks"". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ Mantel, Uwe (28 December 2010). ""Buddenbrooks": Im Ersten nur noch maue Quoten". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ "Ministerpräsident Horst Seehofer verleiht 30. Bayerischen Filmpreis". www.bayern.de (in German). 16 January 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ "Buddenbrooks – Offizieller Netzauftritt". www.buddenbrooks-derfilm.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2012.

External links

[imdbbudget-1] "Box office / business for Buddenbrooks (2008)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[ffa-2] "Filmhitliste: Monat Juli 2009". FFA (in German). July 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[siff-3] "Buddenbrooks". Seattle International Film Festival. June 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[dwdl1-4] Krei, Alexander (24 December 2010). "Arte feiert großen Erfolg mit den "Buddenbrooks"". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[dwdl2-5] Mantel, Uwe (28 December 2010). ""Buddenbrooks": Im Ersten nur noch maue Quoten". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[bayer-6] "Ministerpräsident Horst Seehofer verleiht 30. Bayerischen Filmpreis". www.bayern.de (in German). 16 January 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[homemedia-7] "Buddenbrooks – Offizieller Netzauftritt". www.buddenbrooks-derfilm.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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