''The Buddenbrooks'' (German: ''Die Buddenbrooks'') is a

television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed be ...

which originally aired on ARD in 1979.Kliemann p. 78 Based on the 1901 novel ''

Buddenbrooks ''Buddenbrooks'' () is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann, chronicling the decline of a wealthy north German merchant family over the course of four generations, incidentally portraying the manner of life and mores of the Hanseatic bourgeoisie in th ...

'' by

Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann ( , ; ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novell ...

, it was made as a co-production between France and West Germany.

Selected cast

* Ursula Dirichs as Ida Jungmann * Reinhild Solf as Tony *

Volkert Kraeft Volkert Kraeft (born 7 August 1941 in Timmendorfer Strand) is a German television actor. Selected filmography * '' A Handful of Heroes'' (1967) * ''Derrick A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin p ...

as Thomas *

Gerd Böckmann Gerd Böckmann (born 11 January 1944 in Chemnitz, Germany) is a German television actor. Selected filmography Television * ''Derrick'' - Season 2, Episode 10: ''"Kamillas junger Freund"'' (1975, TV) * ''Derrick'' - Season 4, Episode 6: ''"Das Kuc ...

as Christian * Ruth Leuwerik as Konsulin * Udo Thomer as Marcus, Prokurist *

Noëlle Châtelet Noëlle Châtelet (); born 16 October 1944 as Noëlle Jospin) is a French writer and lecturer at the Paris Descartes University in the humanities. She is the author of essays, collections of short stories and novels translated into several lang ...

as Gerda * as Hanno Buddenbrook * Barbara Markus as Erika Grünlich * Alexander Hegarth as Dr. Grabow *

Regine Lutz Regine () or Régine is a feminine given name. Regine is a German-French form of Regina, and Régine is a French form of Regina. People with the first name include: Regine * Regine Heitzer (born 1944), Austrian figure skater * Regine Hildebran ...

as Sesemi Weichbrodt * as Mlle. Popinet *

Martin Benrath Martin Benrath (9 November 1926 – 31 January 2000) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1954 and 2000. Partial filmography * ' (1954), as Michael Godeysen * '' The Angel with the Flaming Sword'' (1954), as J ...

as Konsul Buddenbrook *

Carl Raddatz Carl Raddatz (13 March 1912 – 19 May 2004) was a German stage and film actor. Raddatz was a leading man of German cinema during the Nazi era appearing in a number of propaganda films and romances. Later in his career he developed a reputation f ...

as Johann Buddenbrook sen. *

Katharina Brauren Katharina Brauren (21 April 1910 – 25 December 1998) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1937 and 1997. Selected filmography * ''Madame Bovary'' (1937) * ''Third from the Right'' (1950) * ...

as Antoinette Buddenbrook *

Michael Degen Michael Degen (31 January 1928 – 9 April 2022) was a German-Israeli actor, in film and theatre, as well as a theatre director and writer. Early life Born in Chemnitz as the younger son of Jewish parents, Degen survived the Holocaust in Berli ...

as Bendix Grünlich

References

Bibliography

* Horst Kliemann. ''Who's Who in Germany''. Intercontinental, 1996.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buddenbrooks (TV series), The 1979 German television series debuts 1979 German television series endings 1970s drama television series German-language television shows Films based on works by Thomas Mann