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.
as Johann Buddenbrook
as Antonia Buddenbrook
as Christian Buddenbrook
as Thomas Buddenbrook
as Konsulin Bethsy Buddenbrook
as Gerda Buddenbrook
as Hanno Buddenbrook
as Bendix Grünlich
as Morten Schwarzkopf
as Hermann Hagenström
as Anna
as Aline Puvogel
as Alois Permaneder
as Senatorin Möllendorpf
as Senator James Möllendorpf
as Kesselmeyer
as Gosch
as René Maria von Trotha
as Ida Jungmann
as Konsul Lebrecht Kröger
as Meneer Arnoldsen
as Carl Smolt
as Hinrich Hagenström
as Stephan Kistenmaker
as Van Kellen
as Prokurist Friedrich Wilhelm Marcus
as Dr. Friedrich Grabow
as Dr. Giesecke
as Peter Döhlmann
as Eva Ewers
as Berkemeyer
as Zahnrzt Dr. Brecht
as Martha Huneus
as Christian Buddenbrook - als Kind
as Diener Anton
as Babette
as Sterbeschwester Leandra
as Julchen Hagenström
as Postbote Telegramm
as Tony Buddenbrook - als Kind
as Folgemädchen
as Cook
as Kai von Mölln
as Hermann Hagenström - als Kind
as Hanno Buddenbrook - 5 Jahre
as Senatsbote
as Pastor Pringsheim
as Küchenmagd Trine
as Thomas Buddenbrook - als Kind
as Bürgermeister Overdieck
as Lieferant (uncredited)