The Buddenbrooks (1923 film)

The Buddenbrooks
Directed by	Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by	Alfred Fekete Luise Heilborn-Körbitz Gerhard Lamprecht Thomas Mann (novel)
Produced by	Albert Pommer
Starring	Peter Esser Mady Christians Alfred Abel
Cinematography	Herbert Stephan Erich Waschneck
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production company	Dea-Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	31 August 1923 (1923-08-31)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Buddenbrooks (German: Die Buddenbrooks) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Peter Esser, Mady Christians, and Alfred Abel. It is based on Thomas Mann's 1901 novel The Buddenbrooks.

The film's art direction was by Otto Moldenhauer.

Cast

• Peter Esser as Thomas Buddenbrook
• Mady Christians as Gerda Arnoldsen
• Alfred Abel as Christian Buddenbrook
• Hildegard Imhof as Tony Buddenbrook
• Mathilde Sussin as Elisabeth Buddenbrook
• Franz Egenieff as Reeder Arnoldsen
• Rudolf Del Zopp as Konsul Krüger
• Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Babette, Frau des Konsuls
• Ralph Arthur Roberts as Bendix Grünlich, Agent
• Kurt Vespermann as Renee Throta
• Elsa Wagner as Sesemi Weichbrodt
• Charlotte Böcklin as Aline Puvogel
• Emil Heyse as Kesselmeyer
• Robert Leffler as Kapitän Kloot
• Rudolf Lettinger as Kutscher Grobleben
• Philipp Manning
• Karl Platen as Pokurist
• Friedrich Traeger as Bürgermeister Oeverdieck
• Hermann Vallentin as Smith

Bibliography

• Rentschler, Eric, ed. (2013). German Film and Literature: Adaptations and Transformations. Hoboken: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-136-36873-8.

External links

• The Buddenbrooks at IMDb