Buddenbrooks
Dec 25 2008
•3h 31m
•Drama, History
Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as economic hardship and personal defeats weigh down family relations.
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
Johann Buddenbrook
Jessica Schwarz
Antonia Buddenbrook
August Diehl
Christian Buddenbrook
Mark Waschke
Thomas Buddenbrook
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